chats
plural of chat
chats
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chat
• Satch, Stach, caths, chast, scath, tachs
Chats
(UK, naval slang) Chatham.
• Satch, Stach, caths, chast, scath, tachs
Source: Wiktionary
Chat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] Etym: [From Chatter. *22.]
Definition: To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.
Syn.
– To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
Chat, v. t.
Definition: To talk of. [Obs.]
Chat, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yelow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zoöl.) See under Bush.
Chat, n.
1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
2. pl. (Mining)
Definition: Small stones with ore. Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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