nnoun.communicationan informal conversationSynset:confab confabulation schmoose schmooze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchattyconfabconfabulate
Hypernyms:conversation
Inherited Hypernyms:chatconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:causeriechin-wagchin-waggingchin wagchin waggingchit-chatchit chatchitchatgabgabfestgossipsmall talktittle-tattle
nnoun.animalbirds having a chattering callSynset:New World chat
Member Holonyms:Icteria genus Icteria
Hypernyms:New World warbler wood warbler
Inherited Hypernyms:new world chatnew world warblerwarbleroscinepasserinebirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Icteria virensyellow-breasted chat
Full Hyponyms:yellow-breasted chat
nnoun.animalsongbirds having a chattering callSynset:Old World chat
Member Holonyms:Saxicola genus Saxicola
Hypernyms:thrush
Inherited Hypernyms:old world chatthrushoscinepasserinebirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Saxicola rubetraSaxicola torquatastonechatwhinchat
Full Hyponyms:stonechatwhinchat
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)