Digital Technology. to participate with one or more people, through the internet, in a real-time conversation, typically as a series of short text exchanges in a specific application, as instant messaging, or by using images, voice, video, or some combination of these: The kids were able to chat with their grandma online.Join our online community to chat about TV shows.
noun
an informal conversation: We had a pleasant chat.
Digital Technology. a real-time conversation between two or more people over the internet or another computer network:Join our free video chat. Have a live chat with one of our customer service representatives.See also instant messaging, chat room.
any of several small Old World thrushes, especially of the genus Saxicola, having a chattering cry.
yellow-breasted chat.
adjective
Digital Technology. noting or relating to an online chat: a chat session.
Verb Phrases
chat up,Chiefly British.
to talk flirtatiously with.
to talk to in a friendly, open way.
Origin of chat
First recorded in 1400–50; (verb) late Middle English chatt(e); short for chatter
Potential customers can chat with these bots over SMS or messaging apps, and their AI will use its growing understanding of what it knows about your business to respond.
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It goes some way to explaining why pay gap data from the big agency networks haven’t been readily available and why many diversity initiatives haven’t gone past fireside chats, safe rooms and all-hands meetings.
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On Games, which also sit in the chat section of the app, users are rewarded for watching ads, with extra weapons, for example.
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With curated meetings on CrunchMatch and randomized virtual meetings and chat functionality on Hopin you will not run out of opportunities to promote your business and meet your networking goals.
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We’re excited to chat with this illustrious panel of experts about the evolution of esports, what sets FaZe Clan apart, and what entrepreneurs can learn from the viral growth of the organization over the years.
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You have no idea how much I would have liked to be able to chat with you face to face.
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He stops the monologues and we begin to chat about the script.
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Then he sent me a text and asked if we could “chat,” and he invited me to do it.
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Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.
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Johnson recalled that Brown paused to chat with some construction workers.
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Our chat, somehow, has done me good, although I have done most of the talking.
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Then they began to chat like a pair of friends, and the young priest spent a delightful hour.
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No man would think of speaking falsely with him, or of putting him off with any chat of markets or reading-rooms.
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At this point Mrs. Transley arose, and the men moved out into the living-room to chat on less contentious subjects.
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He noticed my New York number-plate and finished his chat with "Well, good day, brother, and the best of luck to you."
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British Dictionary definitions for chat (1 of 2)
chat1
/ (tʃæt) /
noun
informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom
any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering crySee also stonechat, whinchat
any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)
any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera
verbchats, chattingorchatted(intr)
to talk in an easy familiar way
to exchange messages in a chatroom
See also chat up
Word Origin for chat
C16: short for chatter
British Dictionary definitions for chat (2 of 2)
chat2
/ (tʃæt) /
noun
archaic, ordialecta catkin, esp a willow catkin
Word Origin for chat
C15: from French chat cat, referring to the furry appearance