p. pr. 22.) To talk
in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or
ceremony; to gossip. Shak.
To chat a while on their adventures.
Dryden.
Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
chat , v. t. To talk of.(Obs.)
chat , n. 1.Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of
chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Pope.
2. (Zool.) A bird of the
genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The
best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I.
viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In
Europe the name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolida, as the stonechat, and
whinchat.
Bush chat. (Zool.) See under
Bush.
chat , n. 1. Atwig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
2. pl. (Mining) Small
stones with ore.
Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as
are given to swine. (Local.)
