chat verb, chat·ted, chat·ting, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to converse in a familiar or informal manner.
–noun
2. informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.
3. any of several small Old World thrushes, esp. of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
4. yellow-breasted chat.
—Verb phrase
5. chat up, Chiefly British.
a. to talk flirtatiously with.
b. to talk to in a friendly, open way.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; short for chatter]
—Related forms
chat·ta·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 1, 2. talk, chitchat, gossip, visit.