Chat /(chăt)/

imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting

1. To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

   To chat a while on their adventures.

1. To talk of. [Obs.]

1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

   Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.

2. A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat. (Zool.)

1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
2. Small stones with ore. (Mining)