Chat v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.]  To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
     To chat a while on their adventures.   --Dryden.
  Syn: -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
  chat
       n 1: an informal conversation [syn: confab, confabulation, schmooze,
             schmoose]
       2: birds having a chattering call [syn: New World chat]
       3: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat]
       v : talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
           men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
           [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate,
           confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip,
            jaw, claver, visit]
       [also: chatting, chatted]