chatting

VERB

talk, gossip

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chatter go on

STRONG

babble blab burble cackle converse gab jaw prate prattle yap

WEAK

chew the fat chew the rag run on shoot the breeze

Antonyms

STRONG

be quiet

Example Sentences

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Soon they were chatting on the phone for hours at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Not to be deterred, Dean started chatting to neighbours, before quickly finding one who recognised the face in the footage.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara is chatting away in traditional Wassoulou clothes, while Johnny Marr ambles past in an equally traditional Mancunian parka.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

According to family lore, my policeman grandfather was on duty at Yankee Stadium on the evening of June 22, 1938, when he started chatting with a man from out of town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

He seemed happy to answer my endless questions, chatting about everything from the various dynastic eras to the differences among vessel forms and the characteristics of certain hardwoods.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu