chat [1]
n
1 informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner
2 any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc.) having a harsh chattering cry
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stonechat →
whinchat
3 any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)
4 any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other genera
vb , chats, chatting, chatted intr
5 to talk in an easy familiar way, (See also)
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chat up
(C16: short for chatter)