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to flood chat

to flood chat

7.7
To send many messages quickly and make it hard for others to read or join
  • phrasal verb
  • Jargon
translation icon : inundar el chat
  • During the live stream, viewers began to flood chat with comments, making it hard for anyone to follow the discussion.

Examples

  • The moderator warned users not to flood chat or they would be muted.

  • Please don't flood chat with repeated questions during the meeting.

  • After the announcement, excited fans began to flood chat with emojis and gifs.

  • Don't flood chat with irrelevant messages!

  • They always flood chat during meetings.

  • If you flood chat with too many messages, no one will be able to keep up with the conversation.

  • The teacher asked the students not to flood chat with off-topic messages while they were discussing the assignment.

Synonyms

to bombard
vsto flood chat
39 5.6

To give someone many questions or messages quickly

targets a whole chat by sending many messages that block others participation
to bombard with
vsto flood chat
13 5.7

To give someone many questions or requests at the same time

is more about steady message flow that fills a chat and blocks reading
to deluge
vsto flood chat
5 7.4

To give someone so much work or so many requests that they cannot cope

focuses specifically on many chat messages that block community participation

Antonyms

to clear
  • Specialized
24 4.9

To remove stored information from a device

How Disruptive

to flood chat
  • Jargon
7.7
to spam
  • Texting
1 4.6
post
  • Texting
∞ 3.3

Surface Forms

flood chat infinitive
flooded chat past
flooded chat past participle
flooding chat present participle
floods chat third person singular

Morphology

flood + chat

The meaning 'to overwhelm a chat by sending excessive messages' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'flood' (an excessive influx) with 'chat' (a conversation or messaging space). This metaphorical but regular extension ('to flood' = inundate) is common in online contexts and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Flood chat comes from the image of fast water overflowing a room: a flood fills and hides everything. So when people flood a chat, their many messages fill the conversation and 'overwhelm' it, making it hard for others to read or join.