chat : Idioms & Phrases

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Bush chat

  • (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family.
Webster 1913

Chat potatoes

  • small potatoes, such as are given to swine. Local.
Webster 1913

chat room

  • noun a site on the internet where a number of users can communicate in real time (typically one dedicated to a particular topic)
    chatroom.
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chat show

  • noun a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience
    talk show.
    • in England they call a talk show a chat show
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chat up

  • verb talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
    butterfly; coquet; coquette; mash; flirt; romance; philander; dally.
    • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
    • My husband never flirts with other women
  • verb talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
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chit chat

  • noun light informal conversation for social occasions
    chin wag; chitchat; chin-wagging; causerie; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
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chit-chat

  • noun light informal conversation for social occasions
    chin wag; chitchat; chin-wagging; causerie; chin-wag; small talk; gabfest; chin wagging; chit chat; tittle-tattle; gossip; gab.
  • verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
    shoot the breeze; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
    • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
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Fallow chat, Fallow finch

  • (Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola ænanthe). See Wheatear.
Webster 1913

Gorse chat

  • (Zoöl.), the winchat.
Webster 1913

new world chat

  • noun birds having a chattering call
    chat.
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old world chat

  • noun songbirds having a chattering call
    chat.
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yellow-breasted chat

  • noun American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
    Icteria virens.
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