chat | ||
1. | [ verb ] talk socially without exchanging too much information | |
Synonyms: | visit jaw chatter claver chaffer confab natter gossip chitchat chew_the_fat shoot_the_breeze confabulate | |
Examples: | "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
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Related terms: | converse shmooze visitor chitchat chatterer | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology) birds having a chattering call | |
Synonyms: | New_World_chat | |
Related terms: | New_World_warbler yellow-breasted_chat Icteria | |
3. | [ noun ] an informal conversation | |
Synonyms: | confabulation schmoose schmooze confab | |
Related terms: | conversation chitchat confer | |
4. | [ noun ] (zoology) songbirds having a chattering call | |
Synonyms: | Old_World_chat | |
Related terms: | thrush whinchat stonechat Saxicola | |
Similar spelling: |
Choat cheat Choate chatty chit Chet chateau Chute Chait Chitty chetah Chahta chaeta cheetah Chad |