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noun

Chat n.

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. "Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that."

(Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.

Chat n.

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.

Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. (Local.)

verb

Chat v. t. To talk of. (Obs.)

Chat v. i. (past & past part. chatted; pres. part. chatting) To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. "To chat a while on their adventures."

Synonyms: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.

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Etymology of 'Chat'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chat" Quotes from Famous Books

... simply to refresh the sense of fellowship. It will not make a good leading article; but the leading article which subserves equal uses is not to be contemned. So much are men empowered by each other, that any careless, kindly chat which gives them the sense of cordial nearness gives also warmth and invigoration. Better than most ambitious conversation is the light, happy, bubbling talk which means at bottom simply this:—"We are at home together; ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 - A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics • Various

... Chief, this is Straight Harry's nephew I was telling you of, who has come out here to join his uncle. Sit down, we have got some deer-flesh. Tom here knocked one over on the run at two hundred and fifty yards by as good a shot as you want to see; while it is cooking we can smoke a pipe and have a chat." ...

— In The Heart Of The Rockies • G. A. Henty

... certain morning Morgan overtook Joe Lynch, driving toward town with his customary load of bones. Morgan walked his horse beside Joe's wagon to chat with him, finding always a charm of originality and rather more than superficial thinking about the old fellow that was refreshing in the intellectual stagnation ...

— Trail's End • George W. Ogden

... hours or better had elapsed, and our two friends were still seated, maintaining the usual chat with Mrs. Buckley, who had finished her prayers and ...

— Willy Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... her joy she glowed It seemed a sin to chat. (A tea-shop snuggled off the road; Why did I think ...

— Path Flower and Other Verses • Olive T. Dargan

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