Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chat \Chat\, n.
1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See {Chit}.
2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.
{Chat potatoes}, small potatoes, such as are given to swine.
[Local.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chat \Chat\, v. t.
To talk of. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With
singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed
chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to
several birds of the family {Saxicolid[ae]}, as the
{stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
{Bush chat}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bush}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chat
n 1: an informal conversation [syn: {confab}, {confabulation}, {schmooze},
{schmoose}]
2: birds having a chattering call [syn: {New World chat}]
3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: {Old World chat}]
v : chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {confabulate}, {confab},
{chitchat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw},
{claver}, {visit}]
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