See Also: chat(encyclopedia)
chat(4)(dictionary)
chat(3)(dictionary)
chat(2)(dictionary)
chat(1)(dictionary)
Cri du chat(health)
chat show(dictionary)
chat room(dictionary)
chat line(dictionary)
chat 2, verb(dictionary)

chat(2) (iou)



chat noun2. M16.
[from CHAT verb.]
Idle or frivolous talk, small talk, gossip; (now usu.) easy familiar talk. M16.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew O, how I long to have some chat with her! Swift Scarce list'ning to their idle chat. I. Murdoch 'I am writing my memoirs.' 'Theatre chat?'
A light or (usu.) easy familiar conversation. M17.
E. M. Forster Dear, one momentwe may not have this chance for a chat again.
Comb.: chatline a telephone service for conversation among a number of people on separate lines; chat room an area on the Internet or other computer network where users can communicate, typically one dedicated to a particular topic; chat show an entertainment of interviews, on television etc.