Gossip - Definition

n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
gabfest, gossip, 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: gossip,
comment, scuttlebutt]
3: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger]
v 1: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or
intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" [syn: dish the
dirt, gossip]
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, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]