Chat (Verb)
Meaning
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- They sat in the park, chatting with the neighbors about nothing in particular.
- The coworkers spent their lunch break chatting idly about the weekend.
- She was chatting with the sales associate about the weather while trying on shoes.
- The people at the party were chatting casually, enjoying the music and the atmosphere.
- He spent hours chatting with the other teenagers at the mall, just passing the time.
Synonyms
- Jaw
- Natter
- Gossip
- Shoot The Breeze
- Chew The Fat
- Chit-chat
- Claver
- Chitchat
- Visit
- Confabulate
- Chatter
- Chaffer
- Confab