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chat

 
 
/tʃæt/ verb [I] (present participle chatting, past tense and past participle chatted)

Translation

to talk with someone in a friendly and informal way
sohbet etmek, çene çalmak, hoş beş etmek, yarenlik etmek, (argo) lakırdamak
I wanted to chat to you about the party on Saturday.1148
chat sb up phrasal verb UK informal
to talk to someone in a way that shows them that you are sexually attracted to them
konuşarak tavlamak, ilşki kurmaya çalışmak, (argo) asılmak, konuşarak arkadaşlık kurmak
6302115
(Definition of chat verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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