Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chatting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chat \Chat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chatting}.] [From {Chatter}. [root]22.]
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without
form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak.
To chat a while on their adventures. --Dryden.
Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
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