Definition of chat up in English English dictionary
To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person
He spent all evening chatting her up.
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
talk to someone with the aim of persuading him talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women
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. He'd spent most of that evening chatting up one of my friends She was chatting one of the guys up
chat up
Turkish pronunciation
çät ʌp
Pronunciation
/ˈʧat ˈəp/ /ˈʧæt ˈʌp/
Etymology
[ 'chat ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English chatten, short for chatteren.