chat room

noun

: a real-time online interactive discussion group

Examples of chat room in a Sentence

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Those interactions range from live chat rooms to comments on posts. Zen Soo, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 In chat rooms and online gaming platforms, in comment sections and in influencers' video content, people encounter disparate bits of ideology and piece them together in new ways. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 There are now hordes of straight women on every continent who have become fans of mine—I’ve been shown the chat rooms and the TikTok comments by my team. Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024 The Maricopa County Attorney's Office would not say if any other people from the chat rooms were cooperating with the investigation. Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chat room 

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chat room was in 1986

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“Chat room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat%20room. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.

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chat room

noun
: an online interactive discussion group on the Internet

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