chat
/tʃæt//tʃæt/noun
Definitions
Informal conversation.
A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
(totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.
Example: The Chat just made a joke about my skills.
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
verb
Definitions
To be engaged in informal conversation.
Example: I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
To talk more than a few words.
Example: I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
To talk of; to discuss.
Example: They chatted politics for a while.
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
Example: Do you want to chat online later?