Thesaurus: chat

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1. v. i. To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
2. v. t. To talk of.
3. n. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
4. n. A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.
5. n. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
6. n. Small stones with ore.
7. n. an informal conversation
8. n. birds having a chattering call
9. n. songbirds having a chattering call
10. v. talk socially without exchanging too much information
11. To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse withoutform or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.