chat (n.)

  1. an informal conversation

    [ Syn: confab , confabulation , schmooze , schmoose ]

  2. birds having a chattering call

    [ Syn: new world chat ]

  3. songbirds having a chattering call

    [ Syn: old world chat ]

    chat (v.)

  1. talk socially without exchanging too much information; the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

    [ Syn: chew the fat , shoot the breeze , confabulate , confab , chitchat , chit-chat , chatter , chaffer , natter , gossip , jaw , claver , visit ]

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