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chat

(chăt)

intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats

1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.

2. Computers To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.

1. An informal, light conversation.

2. Computers A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.

3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.

Phrasal Verb:

chat up

1. To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: "He would be ... chatting up folks from Kansas" (Vanity Fair).

2. To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner.

[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren; see chatter.]

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chat

(tʃæt)

1. informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner

2. (Communications & Information) the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom

3. (Animals) any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry. See also stonechat, whinchat

4. (Animals) any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)

5. (Animals) any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera

vb (intr) , chats, chatting or chatted

6. to talk in an easy familiar way

7. to exchange messages in a chatroom

[C16: short for chatter]

chat

(tʃæt)

(Botany) archaic or dialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin

[C15: from French chat cat, referring to the furry appearance]

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chat

(tʃæt)

v. chat•ted, chat•ting,
n. v.i.

1. to converse informally.

2. to engage in dialogue by exchanging electronic messages on a BBS.

v.t.

3. chat up, Brit. to talk to in a friendly or flirtatious way.

4. informal conversation.

a. several New World songbirds of the genera Icteria and Granatellus.

b. various Eurasian songbirds, as the stonechat or whinchat.

[1400–50; late Middle English; short for chatter]

chat

- To call a swine.

chat

Past participle: chatted
Gerund: chatting

Imperative
chat
chat

Present
I chat
you chat
he/she/it chats
we chat
you chat
they chat

Preterite
I chatted
you chatted
he/she/it chatted
we chatted
you chatted
they chatted

Present Continuous
I am chatting
you are chatting
he/she/it is chatting
we are chatting
you are chatting
they are chatting

Present Perfect
I have chatted
you have chatted
he/she/it has chatted
we have chatted
you have chatted
they have chatted

Past Continuous
I was chatting
you were chatting
he/she/it was chatting
we were chatting
you were chatting
they were chatting

Past Perfect
I had chatted
you had chatted
he/she/it had chatted
we had chatted
you had chatted
they had chatted

Future
I will chat
you will chat
he/she/it will chat
we will chat
you will chat
they will chat

Future Perfect
I will have chatted
you will have chatted
he/she/it will have chatted
we will have chatted
you will have chatted
they will have chatted

Future Continuous
I will be chatting
you will be chatting
he/she/it will be chatting
we will be chatting
you will be chatting
they will be chatting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chatting
you have been chatting
he/she/it has been chatting
we have been chatting
you have been chatting
they have been chatting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chatting
you will have been chatting
he/she/it will have been chatting
we will have been chatting
you will have been chatting
they will have been chatting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chatting
you had been chatting
he/she/it had been chatting
we had been chatting
you had been chatting
they had been chatting

Conditional
I would chat
you would chat
he/she/it would chat
we would chat
you would chat
they would chat

Past Conditional
I would have chatted
you would have chatted
he/she/it would have chatted
we would have chatted
you would have chatted
they would have chatted

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Noun	1.	chat - an informal conversation confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chitchat, chit-chat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions
	2.	chat - birds having a chattering call New World chat New World warbler, wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song genus Icteria, Icteria - New World chats Icteria virens, yellow-breasted chat - American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
	3.	chat - songbirds having a chattering call Old World chat thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Saxicola, Saxicola - Old World chats 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
Verb	1.	chat - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, confabulate, gossip, chaffer, chatter, visit converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

chat

verb

1. talk, gossip, jaw (slang), natter, blather, schmooze (slang), blether (Scot.), shoot the breeze (U.S. slang), chew the rag or fat (slang) I was just chatting to him the other day.

noun

1. talk, tête-à-tête, conversation, gossip, heart-to-heart, natter, blather, schmooze (slang), blether (Scot.), chinwag (Brit. informal), confab (informal), craic (Irish informal) She asked me into her office for a chat.

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chat

verb

To engage in spoken exchange:

confabulate, converse, discourse, speak, talk.

Informal: confab, visit.

noun

1. Spoken exchange:

colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk.

Informal: confab.

Slang: jaw.

2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

babble, blab, blabber, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk.

Slang: gab, gas, yak.

Translations

ثَرْثَرَةحَديث غَيْر رَسْمي، مُحادَثَهدردشةيَتحادَثيُثَرْثَرُ

hovorpovídatpovídat sirozhovor

chatchattesluddersludresnak

plaudern chatten unterhalten Plauderei Chat

κουβεντιάζω κουβεντούλα συνομιλία

charla charlar conversación conversar parlar

jutellarupattelutsättäillätsättijuttelu

discuter tchatcher babil babiller bavarder

čavrljanječavrljati

cseveg

mas, skrafspjalla

chiacchierata chiacchierare attaccare bottone chiacchiera farneticare

おしゃべりおしゃべりする

잡담잡담하다

pašnekesysšnekučiuotisšnekus

pļāpāšanapļāpāttērzēšanatērzēt

kletsen praatje

prat prate småprate

pogawędka pogawędzić

bate-papo bater papo conversa conversar

чат болтать болтовня разговаривать чатиться

klepetklepetatikramljanjekramljati

pratasamtal

การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆคุยเล่น

sohbet sohbet etmekçene çalmaçene çalmak

chuyện phiếmtán gẫu

聊天闲聊

chat

[tʃæt]

A. N → charla f, plática f (CAm)
to have a chat with (gen) → charlar con, platicar con (CAm); (= discuss) → hablar con
I'll have a chat with him about it → hablaré con él de or sobre ello

B. VI

1. (= talk) → charlar, platicar (CAm) (with, to con)

2. (Internet) → chatear

C. CPD chat room N (Internet) → canal m de charla, grupo m de discusión, chat m
chat show N → programa m de entrevistas
chat show host N → presentador m de programa de entrevistas
chat show hostess N → presentadora f de programa de entrevistas

chat up VT + ADV (Brit) (= try to pick up) → tratar de ligar; [+ influential person] → dar jabón a

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chat

[ˈtʃæt]

(= have a chat) → bavarder, causer

(on Internet) → chatter

(= talk) → conversation f
to have a chat → bavarder

(on Internet) → chat m, causerie f

chat up

vt (British) (= flirt with) [+ girl, boy] → draguer
He's not very good at chatting up girls → Il n'est pas très doué pour draguer les filles.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chat

n → Unterhaltung f; (about unimportant things also) → Plauderei f, → Schwatz m (inf); (Internet) → Chat m (inf); could we have a chat about it? → können wir uns mal darüber unterhalten?; she dropped in for a chat → sie kam zu einem Schwätzchen rein (inf)

vi → plaudern; (two people also) → sich unterhalten; (Internet) → chatten (inf)

chat

chatline

n (Telec, Internet) → Chatline f

chat room

n (Comput) → Chatroom m

chat show

n (Brit) → Talkshow f

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chat

[tʃæt]

1. n → chiacchierata
to have a chat → fare quattro chiacchiere

2. vi to chat (with or to) → chiacchierare (con)

chat up vt + adv (Brit) (fam) (girl) → agganciare, abbordare

chat

(tʃӕt) – past tense past participle ˈchatted – verb

to talk in a friendly and informal way. They chatted about the weather.

noun

(a) friendly and informal talk. a chat over coffee; women's chat.

ˈchatty adjective

1. fond of chatting. a chatty old lady.

2. having a friendly style. a chatty letter.

chat

→ ثَرْثَرَة, يُثَرْثَرُ povídat si, rozhovor chat, chatte Plauderei, plaudern κουβεντιάζω, κουβεντούλα charla, charlar jutella, rupattelu discussion, discuter čavrljanje, čavrljati chiacchierare, chiacchierata おしゃべり, おしゃべりする 잡담, 잡담하다 kletsen, praatje prat, småprate pogawędka, pogawędzić bate-papo, bater papo, conversa, conversar беседа, болтать prata, samtal การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆ, คุยเล่น sohbet, sohbet etmek chuyện phiếm, tán gẫu 聊天

chat

n. charla, plática;

vt. charlar, platicar.

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And you and I can have a little chat by ourselves."

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He knew that it was bedtime; yet he could not help longing to hear your merry voices, or to hold a comfortable chat with some old friend; because then his pillow would be visited by pleasant dreams.

"We have been intimately acquainted so long that I think it high time we have a chat together."

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"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

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"Why should we not have a chat?" She sat in the Doctor's large red plush chair, and her sister cuddled down upon the footstool at her feet, glancing up at her elder with a smile upon her lips and a mischievous gleam in her eyes.

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We shall have time to talk a little over tea; we'll have a cozy chat, eh?" she said in English to Anna, with a smile, pressing the hand with which she held a parasol.

At tea, which was brought them on a little tea-table in the cool little drawing room, the cozy chat promised by Princess Tverskaya before the arrival of her visitors really did come off between the two women.

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It is not unlikely, moreover, that when you had got over the first shock of finding your hands so unexpectedly large and red, you felt disposed to chat with the young lady who looked after that branch of the business.

Of this class Fireside Chat was one of the best-known representatives.

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Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him as he was going along, he called out, 'My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.' 'Where's that?' said the wolf.

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Not a day passed on which Rosa did not come to have her chat with Cornelius.

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(The captain of whom the corporal spoke often had long chats with Pierre and showed him all sorts of favors.)

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