chat has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ verb ] talk socially without exchanging too much information

Examples

"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountain News, [Denver, Colorado]...)

She sees that there is a cup of steaming hot coffee awaiting him and the two chat informally as she presents the rules of the center and explains procedures .

(The Washington Post...)

He would come home in the evening tired and discouraged - in no frame_of_mind to play with their three children , or spend much time chatting with his wife .

2
[ noun ] (zoology) birds having a chattering call

Synonyms

New_World_chat

3
[ noun ] an informal conversation

Related terms

conversation chitchat confer

4
[ noun ] (zoology) songbirds having a chattering call

Synonyms

Old_World_chat

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