chat

Meaning

Verb

1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
2. To talk more than a few words.
3. To talk of; to discuss.
4. (informal,slang) To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
5. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
6. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Noun

1. Informal conversation.
2. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
3. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
4. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
5. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
6. Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
7. Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

Noun

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Noun

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Noun

A louse (small, parasitic insect).

Noun

Alternative form of chaat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃæt/

Etymology

Abbreviation of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.