chat chat /ˈtʃæt/

noun

1. Songbirds having a chattering call  ( chat , Old World chat )
   songbirds having a chattering call
   
   
2. Birds having a chattering call  ( chat , New World chat )
   birds having a chattering call
   
   
3. An informal conversation  ( chat , confab [Informal] , confabulation , schmoose [Informal] , schmooze [Informal] )
   an informal conversation
   

verb

1. () Talk socially without exchanging too much information  ( chaffer , chew the fat [Informal] , chit-chat [Informal] , chitchat [Informal] , claver [Dialect, UK] , confab [Informal] , confabulate , gossip , natter [Informal] , chat , chatter , jaw [Informal] , shoot the breeze [Informal, N. American] , visit [Informal, N. American] , chew the rag [Informal] , chinwag [Informal, British] )
   talk socially without exchanging too much information
    The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
   the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze