chat
1. chat \'chat\ vi or chat.ted; or chat.ting [ME chatten, short for chatteren] 1: CHATTER, PRATTLE 2: to talk in a light, informal, or familiar manner 2. chat n [imit.] archaic 1: idle small talk : CHATTER 2: light familiar talk; esp : CONVERSATION 3: any of several songbirds (as of the genera Saxicola or Icteria)X)