Definition

/tʃæts/

noun

Any savory snack, sold from a roadside stall in India, or served as a starter in an Indian restaurant

noun

Informal conversation.
A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
(totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.
“The Chat just made a joke about my skills.”
An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.
Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

verb

To be engaged in informal conversation.
“I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.”
To talk more than a few words.
“I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.”
To talk of; to discuss.
“They chatted politics for a while.”
To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
“Do you want to chat online later?”

noun