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chat

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæt/

The English word “chat” has 16 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To be engaged in informal conversation.
  2. To talk a while in a friendly manner.
  3. To talk of; to discuss.
  4. To chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).
  5. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).

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. The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.
  5. Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
  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.
  8. A small potato, such as is given to swine.
  9. Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
  10. A louse (small, parasitic insect).

interjection

  1. Used to introduce a question, to address all the other people present.

Etymology

Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.

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