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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
Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Here's a breakdown and a look at which can still win all four of them
The Athletic’s Chelsea correspondents, Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, had one of their cosy chats to talk about some of the issues surrounding the final.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
The woman saw a friend of hers and went up to chat with her in the SUV, court documents said.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Noun
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As sultry jazz plays on a speaker, customers at the Pauline Tea-Bar chat quietly, work on laptops or trace designs through the large table-top zen garden.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
Here's a breakdown and a look at which can still win all four of them
The Athletic’s Chelsea correspondents, Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, had one of their cosy chats to talk about some of the issues surrounding the final.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 May 2025
Verb
During our conversation, Fletcher takes a few emotional pauses while chatting about identity, her support system, the new album, and feeling like Cari was getting lost in her larger Fletcher persona.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
The woman saw a friend of hers and went up to chat with her in the SUV, court documents said.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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Tariffs, recession chatter, political uncertainty -- these factors are upending the sales environment for mainstream and luxury automakers alike.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 June 2025
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An etiquette expert and the author of a new book about manners is causing plenty of online chatter about the proper way to eat a banana and other common handheld foods.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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That simple question opened the door to a new kind of conversation.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
10 June 2025
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The View From Brad Schneider This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
Verb
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This is a poor day to talk to parents, bosses, authority figures and the police about anything important.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
7 June 2025
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Barnard spoke Friday at a hearing of Democratic members of Congress and said some family members of the men had been able to talk to them Thursday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
Verb
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On Sunday at Michigan International Speedway, NASCAR made official what the Ram trucks parked in the fan midway and the Ram show truck rambling about the grounds had already shouted all weekend—unless Stellantis has taken up recreational tailgating.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Demonstrators shout and film at police during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles on June 7 after federal immigration authorities conducted operations.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Costco members on a Reddit page devoted to Costco gossip also sounded off about the new drink.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The 78th Tony Awards are here, celebrating the best Broadway has to offer.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 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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There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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The extensive, sharp-pointedly aphoristic high-society chitchat, the very soul of theatre, threatens real-life consequences.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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