to chat
269
1.0
- verb
- /tʃæt/
- Informal
:
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- Thought we could chat over some tea.
- chat with friends
- sit and chat
- chat online
Quick things, but we will chat once I get my food.
- Quick things, but we will chat once I get my food.
- We'd love to at least chat before you bid adieu.
- They pray to these statues, which is like someone chatting to a house.
- I can't really chat with you guys in the car.
- The end result is most of these guys chat nonsense most of the time.
- And we spent the night chatting, dancing, having a bit of a drink.
- It's not a tutorial, it's just chatting while I put stuff on my face.
- You can now video chat via your cellular phone.
- Social media, text messaging, emailing, video chatting, this is all shrunk the world.
- So we had a good time then like chatted about art and stuff.
- So a great evening for us is home chatting and reading.
- I think we can perfectly easily chat to them, get with them.
Examples
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"We are a successful species," he begins as we settle in to chat about what makes humans special.
Academic text (2006) -
I also spent many rainy weekend afternoons there writing and chatting with Shirley.
Academic text (2008) -
Still want to chat, or are you gonna join them?
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Or we could just chat for a while.
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Are you going to chat with your friends online, or are you going to work?
Academic text (2012) -
On the Internet, they could chat with students at other schools across the country.
Academic text (1996) -
Look, can we chat between top ups?
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We walked down the block and up the stairs together, chatting about nothing in particular.
Fiction book (1990) -
We'll chat about language.
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We can sit on the porch and chat about our weekend plans.
Synonyms
86
2.7
To talk quickly and without stopping about unimportant things
40
1.6
To talk in a friendly, casual way about a subject
29
3.3
To talk with someone in a friendly way
9
6.8
To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things
7
3.0
To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things
6
7.7
To talk for a long time in a relaxed, often boring way
6
1.0
To discuss small safe topics to start conversation and fill silence
5
4.1
To talk in a friendly, light way about unimportant things
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way for a long time
3
7.9
Talk in a friendly way about small unimportant things
1
8.5
To talk briefly and informally with someone, often in private
To chat with others about small, unimportant things
Talk in a friendly way about small, unimportant things
To talk in a relaxed, friendly way
To talk in a relaxed way about nothing important
Talking in a friendly, relaxed way with other people
To have a light friendly chat about unimportant things
To talk in a lively, informal way about things like music
Talk in a friendly, relaxed way
To call someone and talk informally by phone
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- NSFW
3
6.9
Talk to someone in a friendly, flirty way to start a romantic relationship
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
How Informal
- Informal
27
1.3
86
2.7
- Informal
269
1.0
∞
1.0
- Formal
∞
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chat as a verb is a shorter form of chatter, a word that copies quick talking, so to chat is to talk in a friendly, informal way.