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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
New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
Consuelos and Ripa kicked off Tuesday's edition of their talk show with a chat about the weather, which reminded Consuelos of his temporary, one-day-only gig as a guest meteorologist on GMA.
—EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Possibly chatting with his new security detail., which reportedly is a sad reality.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
But even before that kicked off, negative whispers about the project began to gain momentum on online forums and tech chats.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
Consuelos and Ripa kicked off Tuesday's edition of their talk show with a chat about the weather, which reminded Consuelos of his temporary, one-day-only gig as a guest meteorologist on GMA.
—EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
Nearby, Sadie Sink and Maya Hawk were chatting, as were Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Diana Silvers.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
Possibly chatting with his new security detail., which reportedly is a sad reality.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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When the crowd broke into chatter and shocked reactions, Gomez hung her head.—
Kaitlyn Huamani,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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In Lorne Michaels’ world, a little loose chatter goes a long way.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
11 Feb. 2025
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This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Shannon Carpenter,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some local speaker will talk on the beauties of Hutchinson as a place to live, a place to trade and a place to visit.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Hanna, who has by this point joined the search efforts, talks to a woman who once dated Amanda’s current boyfriend, Viktor Malm, who had previously been sentenced and given a warning for assault as a teenager.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Watch Goldberg shout for Haines to come down from The View tower in the video above.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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As Robinson spoke, or tried to speak, Butler shouted from across the locker room to Robinson that Robinson didn’t have to talk, wasn’t required to do the interview.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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When the hotel opened in 1904, its founding matriarch and Gilded Age socialite Caroline Astor took a liking to having afternoon tea served on-property (specifically to her closest friends in the drawing room for society gossip).—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2025
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Send your questions, comments and gossip to LAontheRecord@latimes.com.—
Tony Barboza,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At one point, Mandel stepped out of the room to let the two converse alone, while emotional piano music swelled in the background.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Seen facing each other on a couch, the two converse with the ease of good friends.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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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
Noun
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Positioned near the far edge of the second row, not the alpha dog position that he is used to, Mr. Trump kept leaning over to speak to Mr. Obama, who smiled and indulged him in cordial chitchat.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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There was a time in the not-so-distant past when people knew their neighbors’ names, made polite chitchat with strangers, and believed in fostering community — so say your older relatives unprompted at every conceivable opportunity.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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