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chat [verb]

To talk to someone in a friendly informal way

US /tʃæt/ 
UK /tʃæt/ 

چت کردن، گپ‌ زدن‌

Example: 

We were just ​walking along, chatting.

ما قدم می زدیم و گپ می زدیم.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

 verb (chats, chatting, chatted)
to talk in a friendly, informal way to somebody:
We chatted on the phone for a few minutes.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. chat2 BrE AmE verb (past tense and past participle chatted, present participle chatting) [intransitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: chatter]
1. (also chat away) especially British English to talk in a friendly informal way, especially about things that are not important:
John and I sat up until the early hours chatting.
chat with/to
Mary was there, chatting to her mother.
chat about
Susie chatted away about her social life.
2. to communicate with several people in a chat room on the Internet
chat somebody ↔ up phrasal verb
British English informal to talk to someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them:
I spent the evening chatting up Liz.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chat

chat [chat chats chatted chatting] verb, noun   [tʃæt]    [tʃæt] 

verb (-tt-)
1. intransitive to talk in a friendly informal way to sb
~ (to/with sb) My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends.
~ away (to/with sb) Within minutes of being introduced they were chatting away like old friends.

~ about sth/sb What were you chatting about?

2. intransitive ~ (away) (to/with sb) | ~ (about sth/sb) to exchange messages with other people on the Internet, especially in a chat room
He's been on the computer all morning, chatting with his friends.
 
Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of chatter.  
Thesaurus:
chat verb I
We spent hours chatting on the phone.
chattertalkspeak|sometimes disapproving gossip
chat/chatter/talk/speak to sb/gossip about sth
chat/chatter/talk/speak/gossip to/with sb
chat/chatter/gossip away  
Example Bank:
George was in the kitchen chatting to some friends.
I spent a happy half-hour chatting with a friend.
I've been chatting online with my best friend.
They chatted away to each other.
We chatted briefly about the weather.
• You will have a chance to circulate and chat informally.

Derived: chat somebody up 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

chat / tʃæt / verb [ I ] ( -tt- )

A2 to talk to someone in a friendly informal way:

She spends hours on the phone chatting to her friends.

We were just chatting about what we did last weekend.

Whenever I walk in, I always find the two of them chatting away (= talking eagerly) .

A2 to take part in a discussion with someone on the internet

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

chat

/tʃæt/
(chats, chatting, chatted)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
The women were chatting...
I was chatting to him the other day...
We chatted about old times.

V-RECIP: pl-n V, V to/with n, V about n

Chat is also a noun.
I had a chat with John.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

1chat /ˈʧæt/ verb chats; chat·ted; chat·ting [no obj]
1 : to talk with someone in a casual way
• We chatted about our plans for the summer.
• called him up to chat
2 : to talk over the Internet by sending messages back and forth in a chat room
• She stayed up all night chatting with her friends online.
chat up [phrasal verb] chat (someone) up or chat up (someone) informal : to talk informally with (someone, such as someone you are attracted to)
• He tried to chat up a girl at the dance.