chat

chat
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. & v. See conversation.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. converse, prattle, chatter; see talk 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
talk, converse, gab, jaw, *chew the fat, gossip, *shoot the breeze, *rap, palaver, chitchat, prattle, *schmooze.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To engage in spoken exchange: confabulate, converse1, discourse, speak, talk. Informal: confab, visit. See WORDS. II noun 1. Spoken exchange: colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse1, dialogue, discourse, speech, talk. Informal: confab. Slang: jaw. See WORDS. 2. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blab, blabber, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk. Slang: gab, gas, yak. See WORDS.

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