chat room

noun

: a real-time online interactive discussion group

Examples of chat room in a Sentence

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The show, which aired from 2004 to 2007, used hidden cameras and people posing as minors in online chat rooms to lure alleged predators to houses where Hansen would confront them. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 7 Jan. 2025 Discord, a chat room service popular with crypto projects, gets daily purchases, and metrics for 10 other services are also popular, Baddhi says. Kari McMahon, WIRED, 24 Oct. 2023 Beyond games, Meta Quest 3S is also great for fitness and meditation exercises, chat rooms, virtual concerts and more. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024 According to prosecutors, Teixeira leaked information in a Discord chat room on the type of equipment the U.S. was sending Ukraine, troop movements in Ukraine and a plot by a foreign adversary to attack U.S. forces abroad. Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chat room 

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chat room was in 1986

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“Chat room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20room. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

chat room

noun
: an online interactive discussion group on the Internet

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