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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
Matt Seyler, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Devin allows seamless switching between tasks without disrupting workflow by displaying all essential tools (like chat, code and terminal) on one screen.
—Balaji Dhamodharan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Obama sat next to Trump and the two longtime political rivals chatted amiably as the dignitaries filed in for the service.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noun
But the fate of Brown is an open question, especially after an amiable but brief chat between him and Trump at last month's Army-Navy football game.
—Matt Seyler, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Devin allows seamless switching between tasks without disrupting workflow by displaying all essential tools (like chat, code and terminal) on one screen.
—Balaji Dhamodharan, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
While chatting at a café in Irpin, her phone buzzes repeatedly with messages from the other witches.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Obama sat next to Trump and the two longtime political rivals chatted amiably as the dignitaries filed in for the service.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
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Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
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The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in a Truth Social post shortly before the decision was issued that TikTok was among the topics in his conversation Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.MARK SHERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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The key is that they are discussed and maintained, ideally in a collaborative conversation.Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 18 Jan. 2025
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Like, a walking, talking, human-size chimp, portrayed and voiced by a combination of a motion-capture actor (Jonnie Davies), a musician (Adam Tucker), and Williams himself.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Products will essentially talk to both consumers and retailers, enabling both real-time engagement and inventory management.Benjamin Claeys, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The hearing was briefly stopped several times by protesters with at least one shouting about the deadly fires in Los Angeles and the role fossil fuels play in global warming.Timothy Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Authentic marketing isn’t about shouting the loudest but speaking the clearest.Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kids will hear whispers through the gossip network, or notice if a friend-of-a-friend has started to isolate.Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Jenna Bush Hager is a good sport about her thirst traps going viral.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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James Devaney Vivienne, of course, joined Jolie on opening night of The Outsiders, dressing on-theme in a navy utilitarian jumpsuit and converse.Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2024
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Later, Lacy watches inquisitively as Janet converses with Avi (Elias Koteas), the leader of a cultish theatrical troupe who sets his sights on her.Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
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In our few minutes, Smoltz indulged a couple of jabbering old sports writers.Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Asking Eric: These women jabber about the trip I wasn’t invited on.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Hawkins makes this seem like a monumental spew of words rather than benign chitchat.Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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These were among the points of pre-roundtable chitchat on a recent afternoon in West Hollywood when The Times gathered five musicians nominated for prizes at February’s 67th Grammy Awards.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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