chat
To talk to someone in a friendly informal way
چت کردن، گپ زدن
We were just walking along, chatting.
ما قدم می زدیم و گپ می زدیم.
Oxford Essential Dictionary
verb (chats, chatting, chatted)
to talk in a friendly, informal way to somebody:
We chatted on the phone for a few minutes.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
II. chat2 BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle chatted, present participle chatting) [intransitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: chatter]
1. (also chat away) especially British English to talk in a friendly informal way, especially about things that are not important:
John and I sat up until the early hours chatting.
chat with/to
Mary was there, chatting to her mother.
chat about
Susie chatted away about her social life.
2. to communicate with several people in a chat room on the Internet
chat somebody ↔ up phrasal verb
British English informal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them:
I spent the evening chatting up Liz.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
chat
chat [chat chats chatted chatting] verb, noun [tʃæt] [tʃæt]
verb (-tt-)
1. intransitive to talk in a friendly informal way to sb
• ~ (to/with sb) My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.
• ~ away (to/with sb) Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.
• ~ about sth/sb What were you chatting about?
2. intransitive ~ (away) (to/with sb) | ~ (about sth/sb) to exchange messages with other people on the Internet, especially in a chat room
• He's been on the computer all morning, chatting with his friends.
Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of chatter.
Thesaurus:
chat verb I
• We spent hours chatting on the phone.
chatter • • talk • • speak • |sometimes disapproving gossip •
chat/chatter/talk/speak to sb/gossip about sth
chat/chatter/talk/speak/gossip to/with sb
chat/chatter/gossip away
Example Bank:
• George was in the kitchen chatting to some friends.
• I spent a happy half-hour chatting with a friend.
• I've been chatting online with my best friend.
• They chatted away to each other.
• We chatted briefly about the weather.
• You will have a chance to circulate and chat informally.
Derived: chat somebody up
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
chat / tʃæt / verb [ I ] ( -tt- )
A2 to talk to someone in a friendly informal way:
She spends hours on the phone chatting to her friends.
We were just chatting about what we did last weekend.
Whenever I walk in, I always find the two of them chatting away (= talking eagerly) .
A2 to take part in a discussion with someone on the internet
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary
chat
/tʃæt/
(chats, chatting, chatted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
The women were chatting...
I was chatting to him the other day...
We chatted about old times.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V to/with n, V about n
Chat is also a noun.
I had a chat with John.
N-COUNT
Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary
1chat /ˈʧæt/ verb chats; chat·ted; chat·ting [no obj]
1 : to talk with someone in a casual way
• We chatted about our plans for the summer.
• called him up to chat
2 : to talk over the Internet by sending messages back and forth in a chat room
• She stayed up all night chatting with her friends online.
chat up [phrasal verb] chat (someone) up or chat up (someone) informal : to talk informally with (someone, such as someone you are attracted to)
• He tried to chat up a girl at the dance.
