chat
verb [I] /tʃæt/ (-tt-)Definition
A2 to talk to someone in a friendly informal way: She spends hours on the phone chatting to her friends. We were just chatting about what we did last weekend. Whenever I walk in, I always find the two of them chatting away (= talking eagerly).Informal talking and conversation A2 to take part in a discussion with someone on the internetInternet terminology and abbreviations
(Definition of chat verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- blarney noun
- chatter noun
- chatter verb (TALK/NOISE)
- chew the fat idiom
- chinwag noun
- conversation noun
- conversation-stopper noun
- engage in sth phrasal verb
- exchange noun (CONVERSATION)
- gas verb (TALK)
- heart-to-heart noun
- jaw noun (TALK)
- patter noun (SPEECH)
- pillow talk noun
- shoot the breeze idiom
- talk shop idiom
- talk verb (SAY WORDS)
- vox pop noun
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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