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How to use chat in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun, interjection

Chat means to be engaged in informal conversation. Example: “She chatted with her friend in the cafe.”

Examples of chat by meaning

verbTo be engaged in informal conversation.

  • She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
  • I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.

verbTo talk a while in a friendly manner.

  • I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

verbTo talk of; to discuss.

  • They chatted politics for a while.
  • We would get totally stoned and usually drunk too and chat a load of nonsense into the small hours.2014, Lenny Smith, Choices, page 43

verbTo chat shit (to speak nonsense, to lie).

  • Don't listen to me, I'm chatting.

verbTo exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or...

  • Do you want to chat online later?

nounInformal conversation.

  • It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.
  • Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

nounAn exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

  • Internet Relay Chat

nounA chat room, especially (in later use) one accompanying a videoconference or live stream.

  • "Type yes in (the) chat if you can hear me."

More sentences with chat

  • Chat turned to whisper when the boss entered the conference room.From the entry boss
  • We can't chat today. I have to get my butt to work before I'm late.From the entry butt
  • I know you'll enjoy chatting with her — she's really funny and smart.From the entry funny
  • I spun a brody in some chat up at the old zinc mine.From the entry brody
  • Harry said he couldn't stop and chat because his missus wanted to go shopping.From the entry missus
  • After they'd put the kids to sleep, they relaxed by the fire and chatted.From the entry put to sleep
  • Did everyone go home? ―No, a few (of them) are still chatting.From the entry a few
  • Users on this Internet chat system are ignorable by right-clicking the user name.From the entry ignorable
  • We had the car going flat chat down the highway when the cops pulled us over.From the entry flat chat
  • Can you call me back tomorrow, mate? I′m flat chat at the moment.From the entry flat chat
  • I heard you been chatting up my girl. What's the big idea?From the entry what's the big idea
  • He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.From the entry whatsapp
  • I had Tom over yesterday, and we chatted about this and that.From the entry have over
  • Chat, I'm blocking the screen so you don't stream snipe me.From the entry stream snipe
  • Your argument makes no sense—looks like logic has left the chat today.From the entry leave the chat
  • We liked to chat while we were eating.From the entry be
  • Following the meeting, we all had a chat.From the entry following
  • I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.From the entry reg
  • Please don't shout in the chat room.From the entry shout
  • Have you been chatting up my girlfriend?From the entry chat up
  • He spent all evening chatting her up.From the entry chat up
  • After half or three quarters of an hour’s chat.From the entry quarter of an hour
  • I was out of character for most of the first act because those people in the third row wouldn't stop chatting.From the entry out of character
  • The in-game chat feature really enhances the experience.From the entry in-game
  • In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots.From the entry phone call
  • LMK if you want to chat later.From the entry lmk
  • They joybaited the whole group chat with wholesome memes.From the entry joybait
  • Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.From the entry hop
  • We had a chat over dinner.From the entry over

Meaning of chat

  1. verb To be engaged in informal conversation.
  2. verb To talk a while in a friendly manner.
  3. verb To talk of; to discuss.

Full definition of chat

Questions about chat in a sentence

How do you use chat in a sentence?
Chat is used as a verb, noun and interjection. For example: “She chatted with her friend in the cafe.”
What is a short sentence with chat?
“Internet Relay Chat”
What does chat mean?
Chat means to be engaged in informal conversation.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chat (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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