Meaning

1 senses
  1. To keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.

    Opening the carriage door, I was confronted with a carriageful of people dressed to the nines, all chatting away, some holding empty champagne glasses.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. She's still chatting away.

    Вона все ще балакає.

    deSie quasselt immer noch.

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  2. The wine loosened tongues, and soon everyone was chatting away freely.

    deDer Wein lockerte die Zungen und bald plauschten alle in zwangloser Unterhaltung.

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  3. The students chatted away cheerfully.

    deDie Studenten plauderten fröhlich.

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  4. The students chatted away happily.

    deDie Studenten plauderten fröhlich.

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  5. Ziri and Rima were chatting away like they were best friends.

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Forms

chats away, chatting away, chatted away, chatted away
Base formchat away · to chat away
3rd person singularchats away
Present participlechatting away
Past simplechatted away
Past participlechatted away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychat away
he, she, itchats away

Past simpleLesson

all personschatted away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chatted away
he, she, ithas chatted away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chat away

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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