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as in chatter
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
short chats between parents and teachers during the school's open house
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as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people
a fireside chat between two of America's foremost men of letters
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as in to talk
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the coffeehouse became the favored place to meet friends and chat for hours
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as in to chatter
to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly
lost in his own world, the toddler chatted happily for hours
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Recent Examples of chat
Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Vulture asked our two drama critics, Jackson McHenry and Sara Holdren, to go (separately) and review the show (together) with a few side chats of their own.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But the most memorable interactions were from Wade’s group chat with fellow equipment managers.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The profile image on the chat features a behind-the-scenes snapshot of Bailey with his on-screen brothers Luke Newton (Colin Bridgerton) and Luke Thompson (Benedict Bridgerton) pulling silly faces.
—Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
Vulture asked our two drama critics, Jackson McHenry and Sara Holdren, to go (separately) and review the show (together) with a few side chats of their own.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the premiere, which was held at the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Adam chatted about working alongside his family.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
But the most memorable interactions were from Wade’s group chat with fellow equipment managers.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chat
Noun
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There has been much chatter about possible collaborators for the upcoming album.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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There is always chatter about these type of things, but this one is unlikely to lead to anything as of now.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But mostly the veteran producer spent his wide-ranging conversation with Variety‘s Clayton Davis explaining the job that is often hard to define — the role of a producer — and discussing the state of the film business.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The working group held 10 meetings between July and September, and talked to various entities affected or interested.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Home in a comfy chair, holding baby Zakaria, who’s nursing while Mayniel talks.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Turn to face the shore, tread water, and signal for help by shouting or waving your arms.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri shouted out Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, one of his favorites out of Venice.—
Morgan Baila,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Loners avoid prison politics — the gossip, the egos, the tests of toughness.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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In the video, the Grammy winner discusses the gossip while layering shredded cheese on a casserole-style dish.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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My and my colleagues’ research into the ways brain activity across people aligns or diverges as they converse suggests that seeking to persuade may not be the most fruitful way to approach a conversation.—
Emily Falk,
Scientific American,
25 Sep. 2025
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Liv Hewson ended up wearing the pink converse sneakers.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The first half hour is filled with the weirdly neutral techno jargon of soldiers jabbering code words into their headphones to what I (as a know-nothing) am tempted to call Mission Control.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Trump cannot stop jabbering about serving a potential third term, a blatant violation of the Constitution’s cap on terms Presidents can serve these days.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The initial touch marks the transition from regular life—chitchat, logistics, social armor—to the otherworldly realm of the massage, in which mind and body are uniquely harmonized, and some kind of euphoria is achieved.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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There’s no chitchat with Woll; only lengthy, philosophical conversations about the world around him.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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“Chat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chat. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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