Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Informal conversation.

    It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.

    Schwatz, Geplauder, Schwätzchen

    разгово́рrazgovór, бесе́даbeséda, болтовня́boltovnjá

    розмо́ваrozmóva, бе́сідаbésida

    an informal conversation

  2. (countable, uncountable)An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

    Internet Relay Chat

    Chat, Gespräch

    чатčat, разгово́рrazgovór, бесе́даbeséda

    чатčat

  3. (Internet, uncountable)A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

    "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."

  4. A chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

    (Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable)The entirety of users, viewed collectively, in a chat room, especially the chat room accompanying a live stream.

    The chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.

    "Chat, should I pick up this sword before heading out?"

    чатčat

  5. (Internet, broadly, countable, humorous, nonstandard, uncountable)Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."

  6. (countable)Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

    Schmätzer

    чека́нčekán

  7. (countable)Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

  8. A small potato, such as is given to swine.

  9. (regional)Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

  10. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, World War I, slang)A louse (small, parasitic insect).

Examples

502 sentences
  1. Tom had a chat with Mary.

    Том побалакав з Мері. — deniko

  2. Let's go have a chat with Tom.

    Підемо побалакаємо з Томом. — deniko

    ruДавай пойдем поговорим с Томом. — sharptoothed

  3. Let me have a little chat with Tom.

    Дозвольте я швиденько поговорю з Томом. — deniko

    ruДай я немного поболтаю с Томом. — Karok

  4. I had a chat with Tom.

    Ми з Томом поговорили. — deniko

    ruУ меня был разговор с Томом. — sharptoothed

  5. I want to have a little chat with you about Tom.

    Я хочу трохи поговорити з тобою про Тома. — rmdas

    ruЯ хочу немного поговорить с тобой о Томе. — odexed

    deIch will mich einmal mit dir über Tom unterhalten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
informal conversation:
exchange of text or voice messages in real time:
Русский
By meaning 3
informal conversation:
exchange of text or voice messages in real time:
bird in the subfamily Saxicolini:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
informal conversation:
exchange of text or voice messages in real time:
conversation to stop an argument or settle situations:
bird in the subfamily Saxicolini:

Origin

Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad. From thieves' cant.

Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.

From thieves' cant.

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Forms

plural: chats
Singularchat
Pluralchats

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an informal conversation:confabconfabulationschmoozeschmoose
  • songbirds having a chattering call:Old World chat
  • birds having a chattering call:New World chat

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • had a chat
  • little chat with
  • a little chat
  • a chat with
  • is chatting with
  • little chat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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