gossip
noun
1. light informal conversation for social occasions
Similar word(s): causerie, chitchat, gab, gabfest
Definition categories: communication, chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- the divorce caused much gossip
Similar word(s): comment, scuttlebutt
Definition categories: communication, account, report
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Similar word(s): gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger
Definition categories: person, communicator
verb
1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
Definition categories: communication, speak, talk
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information
Similar word(s): chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, visit
Definition categories: communication, converse, discourse