chat
/tʃæt/ · chat
noun
- Informal conversation. The two friends had a nice chat over coffee.
- A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations. The mediator suggested a chat to resolve the dispute.
- The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof. The Chat just made a joke about my skills.
verb
- To be engaged in informal conversation. I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
- To talk more than a few words. I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
- To talk of; to discuss. They chatted politics for a while.
Did you know? The word 'chat' has been used in various contexts, including in the name of the popular messaging app 'Chat' and in the phrase 'chat show', which refers to a type of television program where guests engage in informal conversation.