gossip (n.)

  1. light informal conversation for social occasions

    [ Syn: chitchat , chit-chat , chit chat , small talk , gab , gabfest , tittle-tattle , chin wag , chin-wag , chin wagging , chin-wagging , causerie ]

  2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; the divorce caused much gossip

    [ Syn: comment , scuttlebutt ]

  3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

    [ Syn: gossiper , gossipmonger , rumormonger , rumourmonger , newsmonger ]

    gossip (v.)

  1. wag ones tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; She wont dish the dirt

    [ Syn: dish the dirt ]

  2. talk socially without exchanging too much information; the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

    [ Syn: chew the fat , shoot the breeze , chat , confabulate , confab , chitchat , chit-chat , chatter , chaffer , natter , jaw , claver , visit ]

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