chat
/ˈt͡ʃæt/
Informal conversation; An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation; A chat room, especially one accompanying a videoconference or live stream; A chat room, especially one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.
- plural
- chats
Meanings
- 1
Informal conversation
I had a nice chat with her.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
I suggest you and Tom have a chat.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation
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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.; The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream
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A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.; Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
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Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insectsrare
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Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianurarare
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A small potato, such as is given to swinerare
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Mining waste from lead and zinc minesrare
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A louse (small, parasitic insect)rare