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chat 2, verb (oh)



2 past tense and past participle chatted present participle chatting
v [I]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: chatter]
also chat away
especially BrE to talk in a friendly informal way, especially about things that are not important
::John and I sat up until the early hours chatting.
chat with/to
::Mary was there, chatting to her mother.
chat about
::Susie chatted away about her social life.
to communicate with several people in a chat room on the Internet
chat up [chat sb ¡û¡ú up] phr v
BrE informal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them
::I spent the evening chatting up Liz.