chat

ot noun

1. (totum pro parte, typically with definite article) The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof. The Chat just made a joke about my skills.
2. Informal conversation.
3. A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.
4. An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

fe’l verb

1. To be engaged in informal conversation. I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
2. To talk more than a few words. I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.
3. To talk of; to discuss. They chatted politics for a while.
4. To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation. Do you want to chat online later?