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chat

(chăt)

intr.v.chat·ted,chat·ting,chats

1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.

2.Computers To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.

1. An informal, light conversation.

2.Computers A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.

3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.

Phrasal Verb:

chat up

1. To engage (someone) in light, casual talk:"He would be ... chatting up folks from Kansas"(Vanity Fair).

2. To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner.

[Middle Englishchatten,to jabber, alteration ofchateren; see chatter.]

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chat

(tʃæt)

1.informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner

2. (Communications & Information) the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom

3. (Animals) any Old World songbird of the subfamilyTurdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry. See alsostonechat,whinchat

4. (Animals) any of various North American warblers, such asIcteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)

5. (Animals) any of various Australian wrens (familyMuscicapidae) of the genusEphthianura and other genera

vb (intr) ,chats,chattingorchatted

6.to talk in an easy familiar way

7.to exchange messages in a chatroom

[C16: short for chatter]

chat

(tʃæt)

(Botany)archaicordialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin

[C15: from Frenchchat cat, referring to the furry appearance]

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chat

(tʃæt)

v.chat•ted, chat•ting,
n.v.i.

1. to converse informally.

2. to engage in dialogue by exchanging electronic messages on a BBS.

v.t.

3.chat up,Brit. to talk to in a friendly or flirtatious way.

4. informal conversation.

a. several New World songbirds of the generaIcteria and Granatellus.

b. various Eurasian songbirds, as the stonechat or whinchat.

[1400–50; late Middle English; short forchatter]

chat

- To call a swine.

chat

Past participle:chatted
Gerund:chatting

Imperative
chat
chat

Present
I chat
you chat
he/she/it chats
we chat
you chat
they chat

Preterite
I chatted
you chatted
he/she/it chatted
we chatted
you chatted
they chatted

Present Continuous
I am chatting
you are chatting
he/she/it is chatting
we are chatting
you are chatting
they are chatting

Present Perfect
I have chatted
you have chatted
he/she/it has chatted
we have chatted
you have chatted
they have chatted

Past Continuous
I was chatting
you were chatting
he/she/it was chatting
we were chatting
you were chatting
they were chatting

Past Perfect
I had chatted
you had chatted
he/she/it had chatted
we had chatted
you had chatted
they had chatted

Future
I will chat
you will chat
he/she/it will chat
we will chat
you will chat
they will chat

Future Perfect
I will have chatted
you will have chatted
he/she/it will have chatted
we will have chatted
you will have chatted
they will have chatted

Future Continuous
I will be chatting
you will be chatting
he/she/it will be chatting
we will be chatting
you will be chatting
they will be chatting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been chatting
you have been chatting
he/she/it has been chatting
we have been chatting
you have been chatting
they have been chatting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been chatting
you will have been chatting
he/she/it will have been chatting
we will have been chatting
you will have been chatting
they will have been chatting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been chatting
you had been chatting
he/she/it had been chatting
we had been chatting
you had been chatting
they had been chatting

Conditional
I would chat
you would chat
he/she/it would chat
we would chat
you would chat
they would chat

Past Conditional
I would have chatted
you would have chatted
he/she/it would have chatted
we would have chatted
you would have chatted
they would have chatted

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Noun	1.	chat - an informal conversation confab,confabulation,schmoose,schmooze conversation - the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. causerie,chin wag,chin wagging,chin-wag,chin-wagging,chit chat,chitchat,chit-chat,gab,gabfest,gossip,small talk,tittle-tattle - light informal conversation for social occasions
	2.	chat - birds having a chattering call New World chat New World warbler,wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song genus Icteria,Icteria - New World chats Icteria virens,yellow-breasted chat - American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
	3.	chat - songbirds having a chattering call Old World chat thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Saxicola,Saxicola - Old World chats Saxicola torquata,stonechat - common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast Saxicola rubetra,whinchat - brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows
Verb	1.	chat - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat,chitchat,chit-chat,claver,confab,jaw,natter,shoot the breeze,confabulate,gossip,chaffer,chatter,visit converse,discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone,schmoose,schmooze,shmoose,shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

chat

verb

1.talk,gossip,jaw(slang),natter,blather,schmooze(slang),blether(Scot.),shoot the breeze(U.S. slang),chew the ragor fat(slang)I was just chatting to him the other day.

noun

1.talk,tête-à-tête,conversation,gossip,heart-to-heart,natter,blather,schmooze(slang),blether(Scot.),chinwag(Brit. informal),confab(informal),craic(Irish informal)She asked me into her office for a chat.

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chat

verb

To engage in spoken exchange:

confabulate,converse,discourse,speak,talk.

Informal:confab,visit.

noun

1.Spoken exchange:

colloquy,confabulation,conversation,converse,dialogue,discourse,speech,talk.

Informal:confab.

Slang:jaw.

2.Incessant and usually inconsequential talk:

babble,blab,blabber,chatter,chitchat,jabber,palaver,prate,prattle,small talk.

Slang:gab,gas,yak.

Translations

ثَرْثَرَةحَديث غَيْر رَسْمي، مُحادَثَهدردشةيَتحادَثيُثَرْثَرُ

hovorpovídatpovídat sirozhovor

chatchattesluddersludresnak

plaudern chatten unterhalten Plauderei Chat

κουβεντιάζω κουβεντούλα συνομιλία

charla charlar conversación conversar parlar

jutellarupattelutsättäillätsättijuttelu

discuter tchatcher babil babiller bavarder

čavrljanječavrljati

cseveg

mas, skrafspjalla

chiacchierata chiacchierare attaccare bottone chiacchiera farneticare

おしゃべりおしゃべりする

잡담잡담하다

pašnekesysšnekučiuotisšnekus

pļāpāšanapļāpāttērzēšanatērzēt

kletsen praatje

prat prate småprate

pogawędka pogawędzić

bate-papo bater papo conversa conversar

чат болтать болтовня разговаривать чатиться

klepetklepetatikramljanjekramljati

pratasamtal

การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆคุยเล่น

sohbet sohbet etmekçene çalmaçene çalmak

chuyện phiếmtán gẫu

聊天闲聊

chat

[tʃæt]

A.N →charlaf,pláticaf (CAm)
to have a chat with (gen) →charlar con,platicar con (CAm); (=discuss) →hablar con
I'll have a chat with him about it →hablaré con él deor sobre ello

B.VI

1. (=talk) →charlar,platicar (CAm) (with, to con)

2. (Internet) →chatear

C.CPDchat roomN (Internet) →canalm decharla,grupom dediscusión,chatm
chat showN →programam deentrevistas
chat show hostN →presentadorm deprograma de entrevistas
chat show hostessN →presentadoraf deprograma de entrevistas

chat upVT + ADV (Brit) (=try to pick up) →tratar de ligar; [+influential person] →dar jabón a

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chat

[ˈtʃæt]

(=have a chat) →bavarder,causer

(on Internet) →chatter

(=talk) →conversationf
to have a chat →bavarder

(on Internet) →chatm,causerief

chat up

vt(British) (=flirt with) [+girl, boy] →draguer
He's not very good at chatting up girls →Il n'est pastrès doué pourdraguer lesfilles.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chat

n →Unterhaltungf; (about unimportant things also) →Plaudereif, →Schwatzm (inf); (Internet) →Chatm (inf);could we have achat about it? →können wir uns mal darüberunterhalten?;she dropped in for achat →siekam zu einemSchwätzchen rein(inf)

vi →plaudern;(two people also) →sichunterhalten; (Internet) →chatten(inf)

chat

chatline

n (Telec, Internet) →Chatlinef

chat room

n (Comput) →Chatroomm

chat show

n (Brit) →Talkshowf

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chat

[tʃæt]

1.n →chiacchierata
to have a chat →fare quattrochiacchiere

2.vito chat (withor to) →chiacchierare (con)

chat upvt + adv (Brit) (fam) (girl) →agganciare,abbordare

chat

(tʃӕt) –past tense past participleˈchatted – verb

to talk in a friendly and informal way.They chatted about the weather. gesels يَتحادَث бъбря conversar povídat (si)plaudern sludre; snakkeκουβεντιάζωcharlar,hablar juttu ajama گپ زدن؛ صحبت دوستانه کردن jutellabavarder לְדַבֵּר गपशप करना brbljanje cseveg mengobrol spjallachiacchierare おしゃべりする 잡담하다 šnekučiuotis tērzēt; pļāpāt borakpratenprate,skravle gawędzić غير رسمى خبرۍ، ګپ شپ cavaquear a vorbi, a pălăvrăgiбеседовать rozprávať sa kramljati ćaskati prata, språka พูดคุยsohbet etmek, çene çalmak 聊天 базікати, теревенити دوستانہ گفتگو tán gẫu聊天

noun

(a) friendly and informal talk.a chat over coffee;women's chat. klets حَديث غَيْر رَسْمي، مُحادَثَه бъбрене conversa (roz)hovor die Plauderei sludder; snakκουβεντιάζωcharla jutuajamine صحبت دوستانه؛ درد دل juttelubrin de causetteדבור गपशप brbljanje csevegés obrolan mas, skrafchiacchierata おしゃべり 잡담 pašnekesys tērzēšana; pļāpāšana sembangpraatjepratpogawędka دوستانه خبری cavaco şuetăбеседа rozhovor klepet ćaskanje småprat, samspråk, pratstund การพูดคุยsohbet, çene çalma 閒聊 щебетання, базікання عورتوں کی گپ شپ chuyện gẫu闲聊

ˈchatty adjective

1. fond of chatting.a chatty old lady. praatsiek مُحِبٌّ للحَديث словоохотлив tagarela upovídaný, hovornýgeschwätzig sludrende; snakkendeφλύαροςhablador,parlanchín jutukas پر حرف؛ پر چانه puheliasbavardדברן बातचीत करने का शौकिन brbljav, razgovorljiv beszédes ramah, suka mengobrol skrafhreyfinnchiacchierone おしゃべりな 수다스러운 šnekus pļāpīgs; runīgs suka bercelotehpraatzieksnakkesalig,skravletegadatliwy هغه چه ډيرې خبري كوى ګپاوو tagarela vorbăreţговорливый zhovorčivý klepetav pričljiv pratsam, pratig ช่างคุยkonuşkan,geveze 愛閒聊的 балакучий گپ شپ کی شوقین thích nói chuyện phiếm爱闲聊的

2. having a friendly style.a chatty letter. vriendelik مُؤانِس، وَدود пълно с новини informal přátelskýunterhaltsam causerende; uformelφιλικόςinformal lahe غیر رسمی؛ دوستانه tuttavallinenfamilierקליל अनौपचारिक बातचीत करने के ढंग से युक्त pisan lakim stilom csevegő ramah í léttum dúramichevole 打ち解けた 허물 없는 draugiškas familiārs ramah familiairsmåpratende,uhøytideliggawędziarski غير رسمىinformal cordial; familiarдружеский priateľský prijateljski neformalan lättsam, kåserande ที่มีมิตรภาพsamimi, sohbet eder gibi 閒聊式的 невимушений دوستانہ انداز رکھنے والا như chuyện phiếm闲聊式的

chat

→ثَرْثَرَة,يُثَرْثَرُ povídat si, rozhovor chat, chattePlauderei,plaudernκουβεντιάζω,κουβεντούλαcharla,charlar jutella, rupatteludiscussion,discuter čavrljanje, čavrljatichiacchierare,chiacchierata おしゃべり, おしゃべりする 잡담, 잡담하다kletsen,praatjeprat,småpratepogawędka,pogawędzićbate-papo,bater papo,conversa,conversarбеседа,болтать prata, samtal การพูดคุยกันเล่นๆ, คุยเล่นsohbet,sohbet etmek chuyện phiếm, tán gẫu聊天

chat

n. charla, plática;

vt. charlar, platicar.

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And you and I can have a littlechat by ourselves."

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He knew that it was bedtime; yet he could not help longing to hear your merry voices, or to hold a comfortablechat with some old friend; because then his pillow would be visited by pleasant dreams.

"We have been intimately acquainted so long that I think it high time we have achat together."

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"Why not come andchat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

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"Why should we not have achat?" She sat in the Doctor's large red plush chair, and her sister cuddled down upon the footstool at her feet, glancing up at her elder with a smile upon her lips and a mischievous gleam in her eyes.

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We shall have time to talk a little over tea; we'll have a cozychat, eh?" she said in English to Anna, with a smile, pressing the hand with which she held a parasol.

At tea, which was brought them on a little tea-table in the cool little drawing room, the cozychat promised by Princess Tverskaya before the arrival of her visitors really did come off between the two women.

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It is not unlikely, moreover, that when you had got over the first shock of finding your hands so unexpectedly large and red, you felt disposed tochat with the young lady who looked after that branch of the business.

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Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having somechat with him as he was going along, he called out, 'My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.' 'Where's that?' said the wolf.

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Not a day passed on which Rosa did not come to have herchat with Cornelius.

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(The captain of whom the corporal spoke often had longchats with Pierre and showed him all sorts of favors.)

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