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 (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.
 Bush chat. Zool. See under Bush.