chat room

noun

: a real-time online interactive discussion group

Examples of chat room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Other users disparaged the offer in private chat rooms for mods. Robert Peck, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 But in the lead-up to Doja’s new album — and with it, the sudden appearance of a Doja fully immersed in a darker side of the internet — users have redoubled their discussions surrounding her online interactions, homophobic comments, and past ties to nebulous chat rooms. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2023 Wallace says none of it would be happening without the NTS Radio community, through which he’s met many like-minded producers and music-makers (he can often even be found in chat rooms that run alongside live broadcasts). Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2024 But no matter what happens with Search, there’s already a splintering: a web full of cheap, low-effort content and a whole world of human-first art, entertainment, and information that lives behind paywalls, in private chat rooms, and on websites that are working toward a more sustainable model. Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 9 Jan. 2024 Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, allegedly posted documents as early as December in a private Discord server, akin to a members-only chat room, according to charging documents. Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023 Teixeira posted the highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers. Tara Copp, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023 The reenacting of a dead child’s Internet chat room bullying from 1996 is the origin of the ghost. Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 5 Dec. 2023 From its earliest days, Twitter distinguished itself from other social media platforms because of its strengths as a modern-day newswire and its reputation as a public chat room for journalists. Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'chat room.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chat room was in 1986

Dictionary Entries Near chat room

Cite this Entry

“Chat room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20room. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

chat room

noun
: an online interactive discussion group on the Internet

More from Merriam-Webster on chat room

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!