chat
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8.1
- noun
- /tʃæt/
:
pájaro cantor
- This chat's done, and l'm gonna go make a snack downstairs.
- chat room
- chit-chat
- Internet chat
Examples
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"Anyone who believes environmental health is lackluster and fraught with dead ends," he wrote, "should have a chat with Charlie."
Academic text (1997) -
No more Idle chat.
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"Long enough to hear the little chat you and George had," Laura said.
Fiction book (1999) -
Just a little chit chat here and there.
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Two weeks after taking office, he delivered a "Fireside Chat" in which he outlined his policy goals.
Academic text (2006) -
Yeah, there's a lot of chit-chat going on here.
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The song of the chat can often be heard in the early morning as it flits from branch to branch.
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When walking through the garden, I noticed a small chat perched on the fence, chirping happily.
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The colorful chat is known for its beautiful melodies that fill the air during springtime.
Synonyms
A small songbird from Europe, Asia and Africa that makes chattering calls
A bird from the Americas that makes many short, noisy calls
A small bird that makes short, high sounds
A small bird that makes short high musical sounds
A small brown bird in Europe that lives in grassy meadows and sings a clear song
A large North American bird that sings and often copies other birds, with a green back and bright yellow breast
Idioms
Compounds
- UK
4
2.5
A TV or radio programme where famous people talk about topics and answer audience questions
- Specialized
A large North American bird that sings and often copies other birds, with a green back and bright yellow breast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chat for the small songbird comes from an old word like chatter, a word that copies the bird's noisy, quick calls, so the bird was named for its 'chattering' song.