chat (ch?t)intr.v. chat·ted, chat·ting, chats 1. To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.2. Computers To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.n.1. An informal, light conversation.2. Computers A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network. 3. Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.Phrasal Verb: chat up1. To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: “He would be … chatting up folks from Kansas” (Vanity Fair).2. To talk informally with (someone), especially in a flirtatious manner.[Middle English chatten, to jabber, alteration of chateren; see chatter.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.chat (t?æt) n1. informal conversation or talk conducted in an easy familiar manner2. (Communications & Information) the exchange of messages in an internet or other network chatroom3. (Animals) any Old World songbird of the subfamily Turdinae (thrushes, etc) having a harsh chattering cry. See also stonechat, whinchat4. (Animals) any of various North American warblers, such as Icteria virens (yellow-breasted chat)5. (Animals) any of various Australian wrens (family Muscicapidae) of the genus Ephthianura and other generavb (intr) , chats, chatting or chatted6. to talk in an easy familiar way7. to exchange messages in a chatroom[C16: short for chatter]chat (t?æt) n (Botany) archaic or dialect a catkin, esp a willow catkin[C15: from French chat cat, referring to the furry appearance]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014chat (t?æt) v. chat?ted, chat?ting, n. v.i. 1. to converse informally. 2. to engage in dialogue by exchanging electronic messages on a BBS. v.t. 3. chat up, Brit. to talk to in a friendly or flirtatious way. n. 4. informal conversation. 5. a. several New World songbirds of the genera Icteria and Granatellus. b. various Eurasian songbirds, as the stonechat or whinchat. [1400?50; late Middle English; short for chatter] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.chat – To call a swine.See also related terms for swine.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.chatPast participle: chattedGerund: chattingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativechatchatPresentI chatyou chathe/she/it chatswe chatyou chatthey chatPreteriteI chattedyou chattedhe/she/it chattedwe chattedyou chattedthey chattedPresent ContinuousI am chattingyou are chattinghe/she/it is chattingwe are chattingyou are chattingthey are chattingPresent PerfectI have chattedyou have chattedhe/she/it has chattedwe have chattedyou have chattedthey have chattedPast ContinuousI was chattingyou were chattinghe/she/it was chattingwe were chattingyou were chattingthey were chattingPast PerfectI had chattedyou had chattedhe/she/it had chattedwe had chattedyou had chattedthey had chattedFutureI will chatyou will chathe/she/it will chatwe will chatyou will chatthey will chatFuture PerfectI will have chattedyou will have chattedhe/she/it will have chattedwe will have chattedyou will have chattedthey will have chattedFuture ContinuousI will be chattingyou will be chattinghe/she/it will be chattingwe will be chattingyou will be chattingthey will be chattingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been chattingyou have been chattinghe/she/it has been chattingwe have been chattingyou have been chattingthey have been chattingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been chattingyou will have been chattinghe/she/it will have been chattingwe will have been chattingyou will have been chattingthey will have been chattingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been chattingyou had been chattinghe/she/it had been chattingwe had been chattingyou had been chattingthey had been chattingConditionalI would chatyou would chathe/she/it would chatwe would chatyou would chatthey would chatPast ConditionalI would have chattedyou would have chattedhe/she/it would have chattedwe would have chattedyou would have chattedthey would have chattedCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011