Blubber vs. Chat

A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis.

Fatty tissue.

The thick coat of fat worn by many Arctic animals, such as sea lions, and Antarctic animals, such as penguins; used to insulate warmth in the animal's body.

(obsolete) A bubble.

To make noises or broken words while crying.

To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

A bubble.

Example: ‘At his mouth a blubber stood of foam.’;

The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

A large sea nettle or medusa.

To weep noisily, or so as to disfigure the face; to cry in a childish manner.

Example: ‘She wept, she blubbered, and she tore her hair.’;

To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

Example: ‘Dear Cloe, how blubbered is that pretty face!’;

To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); - with forth or out.

an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil

excess bodily weight;

Example: ‘she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others’;

cry or whine with snuffling;

Example: ‘Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!’;

utter while crying

Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians.

To be engaged in informal conversation.

Example: ‘She chatted with her friend in the cafe.’; ‘I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.’;

To talk more than a few words.

Example: ‘I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.’;

(transitive) To talk of; to discuss.

Example: ‘They chatted politics for a while.’;

To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.

Example: ‘Do you want to chat online later?’;

(uncountable) Informal conversation.

A conversation to stop an argument or settle situations.

The entirety of users in a chatroom or a single member thereof.

Example: ‘The Chat just made a joke about my skills.’;

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

Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

A louse small, parasitic insect.

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

Example: ‘To chat a while on their adventures.’;

To talk of.

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

Example: ‘Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.’;

A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Small stones with ore.

an informal conversation

birds having a chattering call

songbirds having a chattering call

talk socially without exchanging too much information;

Example: ‘the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze’;

talk in a friendly and informal way

Example: ‘she chatted to her mother on the phone every day’;

exchange messages online in real time with one or more simultaneous users of a computer network

Example: ‘I have chatted to a few women on the Net’;

an informal conversation

Example: ‘he dropped in for a chat’; ‘that's enough chat for tonight’;

the online exchange of messages in real time with one or more simultaneous users of a computer network

Example: ‘online chat has been widely accepted by average Internet users’; ‘you can have four simultaneous chats online at once’;

a small Old World songbird of the thrush family, with black, white, and brown coloration and a harsh call.

any of a number of small songbirds with harsh calls.