Definition of Gossip
Noun: gossip gó-sip
- Light informal conversation for social occasions
- chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest [N. Amer], tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag [Brit], chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
- A report (often malicious) about the behaviour of other people
"the divorce caused much gossip";
- comment, scuttlebutt [N. Amer], goss [Brit]
- A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger [US], rumourmonger [Brit, Cdn], newsmonger
- Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
"She won't gossip";
- dish the dirt
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and gossiping";
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
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