Source: WordNet® 3.1
chatting
present participle of chat
chatting (countable and uncountable, plural chattings)
Talk; chatter.
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
18 March 2025
(noun) any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
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