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 ]
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; the divorce caused much gossip
[ Syn: comment , scuttlebutt ]
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
[ Syn: gossiper , gossipmonger , rumormonger , rumourmonger , newsmonger ]
gossip (n.)
wag ones tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; She wont dish the dirt
[ Syn: dish the dirt ]
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 ]