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chatting up

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

Meaning of chat up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
    • Have you been chatting up my girlfriend?

Questions about chatting up

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

Words near chatting up in the dictionary

  1. chattiness
  2. chatting
  3. chatting away
  4. chatting shit
  5. chatting shite
  6. chatting up
  7. chattingly
  8. chattings
  9. Chattins
  10. chattis
  11. Chattisgarh

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