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chatting away

chatting away is the present participle and gerund of chat away.

Meaning of chat away

Verb

chat away (third-person singular simple present chats away, present participle chatting away, simple past and past participle chatted away)

  1. To keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
    • Opening the carriage door, I was confronted with a carriageful of people dressed to the nines, all chatting away, some holding empty champagne glasses.

Questions about chatting away

What is chatting away the present participle and gerund of?
Chatting away is the present participle and gerund of chat away.

Words near chatting away in the dictionary

  1. chattily
  2. Chattin
  3. chattin'
  4. chattiness
  5. chatting
  6. chatting away
  7. chatting shit
  8. chatting shite
  9. chatting up
  10. chattingly
  11. chattings

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