Chat
Chat (chat) , intransitive verb
[From Chatter. r22.]
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. — Shakespeare
To chat a while on their adventures.
Chat , transitive verb
To talk of. [Obsolete]
Chat , noun
1.
Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
2.
(Zoology) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolida, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
Collocations (1)
Chat , noun
1.
A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
2.
(Mining) Small stones with ore.
Collocations (1)
Chat potatoes , small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]