chat
Informal conversationInformal conversation.
Meaning
10 senses(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
(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
(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."
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
(Internet, broadly, countable, humorous, nonstandard, uncountable)Familiar term of address for users on social media other than a chat room, as in "guys."
(countable)Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.
Schmätzer
чека́нčekán
(countable)Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.
A small potato, such as is given to swine.
(regional)Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, World War I, slang)A louse (small, parasitic insect).
Examples
502 sentencesTom had a chat with Mary.
Том побалакав з Мері. — deniko
Let's go have a chat with Tom.
Підемо побалакаємо з Томом. — deniko
ruДавай пойдем поговорим с Томом. — sharptoothed
Let me have a little chat with Tom.
Дозвольте я швиденько поговорю з Томом. — deniko
ruДай я немного поболтаю с Томом. — Karok
I had a chat with Tom.
Ми з Томом поговорили. — deniko
ruУ меня был разговор с Томом. — sharptoothed
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 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 4
Origin
Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad. From thieves' cant.Compare chit (“small piece of paper”), and chad.
From thieves' cant.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: chatsSynonyms
6 synonyms- an informal conversation:confabconfabulationschmoozeschmoose
- songbirds having a chattering call:Old World chat
- birds having a chattering call:New World chat
Word family
35 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Small talk — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.