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as in chatter
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house
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as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people
a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters
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as in to talk
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours
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Recent Examples of chat
PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
That chat became public because National Security Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the group.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Partovi, an early investor in Facebook, Airbnb and Dropbox, chatted with Truell about AI research and startup life.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Likewise, the service lacks a video chat option, which has become especially popular recently.
—PC Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
That chat became public because National Security Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly added Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg to the group.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
The men chat in the machinery room the day before Hampton is set to go home.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Partovi, an early investor in Facebook, Airbnb and Dropbox, chatted with Truell about AI research and startup life.
—Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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It's aimed towards trucks and sport utilities, whose designs usually include all-wheel drive or four-wheel drive, and whose chassis are more vulnerable to wheel chatter and heavier loads.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Apr. 2025
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Panthers: Jalon Walker, LB, Georgia AS: There’s been a lot of chatter about where Walker should play at the NFL level.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article 1 min The Los Angeles Kings hosted the Edmonton Oilers Monday for a first-round Stanley Cup playoff game, and a pregame performance became a topic of conversation.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The pair are on opposite ends of the global conversation about gender and trans rights: Pascal, the brother of trans actress Lux, is a pro-trans advocate while Rowling has long espoused anti-trans views.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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And the volunteer who can’t write a check but has spent every weekend knocking on doors and talking to neighbors about this campaign’s promise of a better future for Fort Worth.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Across the street stood about a dozen police officers talking among themselves because there was no activity requiring their intervention.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Chaos ensues when Fred Armisen's auctioneer unveils the painting, prompting everyone else in the room to shout, vomit, and self-harm, including Samberg's then-castmates Bobby Moynihan, Bill Hader, and Kristen Wiig.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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In video shared by The Associated Press, Grassley faces a room of Iowans who are at times shouting in disagreement about some of the Trump administration's policies.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Diablo series is one of the most prolific and influential video games series in history, with the first game in the series having almost single handedly pioneered the modern dungeon crawler RPG genre.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Get into the habit of putting empathy before gossip.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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The chatbot converses with patients while simultaneously reviewing their medical records, then generates a ranked list of diagnoses and makes recommendations, such as for prescription drugs or lab tests.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the most confident and extroverted C-suite representatives turn to jabbering wrecks when a camera is placed in front of them.—
Nikos Lemanis,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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People who have lots of weak ties, who make eye contact and idle chitchat with baristas and neighbors, feel happier than those who don’t, her studies find.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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