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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: chat

1
 vn
talk socially without exchanging too much information
an informal conversation
2
 n
birds having a chattering call
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: chat
1

v talk socially without exchanging too much information

Synonyms:
chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
Types:
jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Type of:
converse, discourse
carry on a conversation

n an informal conversation

Synonyms:
confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze
Types:
causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle
light informal conversation for social occasions
Type of:
conversation
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
2

n birds having a chattering call

Synonyms:
New World chat
Types:
Icteria virens, yellow-breasted chat
American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
Type of:
New World warbler, wood warbler
small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song

n songbirds having a chattering call

Synonyms:
Old World chat
Types:
Saxicola torquata, stonechat
common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast
Saxicola rubetra, whinchat
brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
Type of:
thrush
songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
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