chatting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃætɪŋ/

Verb

chatting

1. present participle of chat

Noun

chatting (countable and uncountable, plural chattings)

1. Talk; chatter.
   • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Industry in General (sermon):

     If indeed we consider all the frivolous and petulant discourse, the impertinent chattings, the rash censures, the spiteful detractions which are so rife in the world […]