Definition of Gossip

Noun

• a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
  gossiper gossipmonger rumormonger - rumourmonger newsmonger
• a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
  "the divorce caused much gossip"
  comment scuttlebutt
• light informal conversation for social occasions
  chitchat - chit chat - chit chat - small talk gab gabfest - tittle tattle - chin wag - chin wag - chin wagging - chin wagging causerie

Verb

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  - chew the fat - shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat - chit chat chatter chaffer natter jaw claver visit
• wag one's tongue
  speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
  "She won't dish the dirt"
  - dish the dirt

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