gossip gossip /ˈgɑːsəp/

noun

1. () Light informal conversation for social occasions  ( causerie , chin wag , chin wagging , chin-wag [Informal, British] , chin-wagging [Informal, British] , chit chat [Informal] , chit-chat [Informal] , chitchat [Informal] , gab [Informal] , gabfest [Informal, N. American] , gossip , small talk , tittle-tattle , bavardage , chinwag [Informal, British] )
   light informal conversation for social occasions
   
2. () A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people  ( comment , scuttlebutt [Informal, N. American] , goss [Informal, British] , gossip )
   a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
    The divorce caused much gossip
   the divorce caused much gossip
   
   
3. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others  ( gossip , gossiper , gossipmonger , newsmonger , rumormonger [American] , rumourmonger [Canadian, British] )
   a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
   

verb

1. Talk socially without exchanging too much information  ( chaffer , chew the fat [Informal] , chit-chat [Informal] , chitchat [Informal] , claver [Dialect, UK] , confab [Informal] , confabulate , gossip , natter [Informal] , chat , chatter , jaw [Informal] , shoot the breeze [Informal, N. American] , visit [Informal, N. American] , chew the rag [Informal] , chinwag [Informal, British] )
   talk socially without exchanging too much information
    The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
   the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
   
2. Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies  ( dish the dirt , gossip )
   wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
    She won't dish the dirt
   She won't dish the dirt