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chat verb. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[Abbreviation of CHATTER verb.]
verb intrans. Talk idly or frivolously or (now usu.) easily and familiarly. LME.
T. F. Powys The remainder..chatted with one another. M. Laski They were chatted to in the streets. P. H. Johnson We sat..chatting of nothing in particular.
verb trans. Talk idly or familiarly of; say idly or familiarly. L15-M18.
verb trans. Talk to (a person), esp. flirtatiously or with an ulterior motive. Freq. foll. by up. slang. L19.
V. S. Pritchett The girl in red, the one you were chatting up.