| VERB | communication | chat, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit | talk socially without exchanging too much information |
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| NOUN | communication | chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose | an informal conversation |
| animal | chat, New World chat | birds having a chattering call | |
| animal | chat, Old World chat | songbirds having a chattering call |
| Sounds | chae't | |
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| Rhymes | acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet... | |
| Meaning | An informal conversation. | |
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| Synonyms | confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose | |
| Narrower | chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie | light informal conversation for social occasions |
| Broader | conversation | The use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. |
| Spanish | charla, confabulación, plática | |
| Catalan | xerrada | |
| Adjectives | chatty | prone to friendly informal / informal communication |
| Verbs | chat | talk socially without exchanging too much information |
| Meaning | birds having a chattering call. | |
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| Synonym | New World chat | |
| Member of | Icteria, genus Icteria | New World chats |
| Narrower | yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
| Broader | New World warbler, wood warbler | small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song |
| Meaning | songbirds having a chattering call. | |
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| Synonym | Old World chat | |
| Member of | Saxicola, genus Saxicola | Old World chats |
| Narrower | stonechat, Saxicola torquata | Common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast |
| whinchat, Saxicola rubetra | brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows | |
| Broader | thrush | songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
| Meaning | talk socially without exchanging too much information. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue chat; Sam wants to chat with Sue | |
| Synonyms | chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit | |
| Narrower | shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone | talk / talk idly or casually and in a friendly way |
| Broader | converse, discourse | carry on a conversation |
| Spanish | charlar, chatear, chat, chismear, confabularse, cotillear, garlar, parlar, parlotear, platicar, visitar | |
| Catalan | confabular-se, conversar, fer un xat, garlar, parlotejar, petar, visitar, xafardejar, xarrar, xatejar, xerrar | |
| Nouns | chat | an informal conversation |
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