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chat someone up — informal engage someone in flirtatious conversation. → chat … English new terms dictionary
chat up — verb 1. talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries My husband never flirts with other women • Syn: ↑flirt, ↑dally, ↑butterfly, ↑coquet, ↑coquette, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Chat up — To chat someone up is to try and pick them up. If you spotted a scrummygirly in a bar you might try to chat her up. Or a girl might try and chat up a chap! … The American's guide to speaking British
chat up — PHRASAL VERB If you chat someone up, usually someone you do not know very well, you talk to them in a friendly way because you are sexually attracted to them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] He d spent most of that evening chatting up one of… … English dictionary
chat — chat1 verb (chats, chatting, chatted) talk in a friendly and informal way. ↘(chat someone up) informal engage someone in flirtatious conversation. noun an informal conversation. Origin ME: shortening of chatter. chat2 noun used in names of… … English new terms dictionary
chat — [tʆæt] verb [intransitive] COMPUTING to have a conversation with other people on the Internet by typing in your words : • Chatting is one of the most popular activities on the Internet. chat noun [uncountable] : • Chat has its own jargon which is … Financial and business terms
chat-up line — chat up lines N COUNT A chat up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive. [BRIT] (in AM, use line) … English dictionary
chat-up line — UK US noun [countable] [singular chat up line plural chat up lines] british something that you say to someone in order to start a conversation with them because you want to have a sexual or romantic relationship with them Thesaurus: flirtation… … Useful english dictionary
chat-up line — n BrE something that someone says in order to start a conversation with someone they think is sexually attractive … Dictionary of contemporary English
chat — chat1 [ tʃæt ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) chat or chat away to talk in a friendly way: The doctor chatted away as she examined my hand. chat with: She laughed and chatted happily with the other women. chat about: They sat waiting, chatting about… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
