chatline

noun
/ˈt͡ʃætˌlaɪn/US

Etymology

From chat + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. compounded as chatline — “chat + line

Definitions

  1. A telephone service in which a caller may converse with an operator on a specific subject.

  2. A similar service which allows conversation among a number of separate callers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chatline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA