[ noun ] brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows <noun.animal>
Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zo["o]l.) A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; -- called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.
Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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 {Saxicolid[ae]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.