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English noun: chat

1. chat (communication) an informal conversation


Synonymsconfab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze


Broader (hypernym)conversation


Narrower (hyponym)causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle

2. chat (animal) birds having a chattering call


SynonymsNew World chat


Broader (hypernym)New World warbler, wood warbler


Narrower (hyponym)Icteria virens, yellow-breasted chat


Member meronymgenus Icteria, Icteria

3. chat (animal) songbirds having a chattering call


SynonymsOld World chat


Broader (hypernym)thrush


Narrower (hyponym)Saxicola rubetra, Saxicola torquata, stonechat, whinchat


Member meronymgenus Saxicola, Saxicola


English verb: chat

1. chat (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information


SamplesThe men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze.


ExamplesSam and Sue chat, Sam wants to chat with Sue


Synonymschaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)converse, discourse


Narrower (hyponym)jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze









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