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English noun: chat | |||
| 1. | chat (communication) an informal conversation | ||
| Synonyms | confab, 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 | ||
| Synonyms | New World chat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | New World warbler, wood warbler | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Icteria virens, yellow-breasted chat | ||
| Member meronym | genus Icteria, Icteria | ||
| 3. | chat (animal) songbirds having a chattering call | ||
| Synonyms | Old World chat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | thrush | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Saxicola rubetra, Saxicola torquata, stonechat, whinchat | ||
| Member meronym | genus Saxicola, Saxicola | ||
English verb: chat | |||
| 1. | chat (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information | ||
| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue chat, Sam wants to chat with Sue | ||
| Synonyms | chaffer, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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