Definition of Gossip

Noun: gossip  gó-sip

  1. 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
     
  2. A report (often malicious) about the behaviour of other people
    "the divorce caused much gossip";
    - comment, scuttlebutt [N. Amer], goss [Brit]
     
  3. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    - gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger [US], rumourmonger [Brit, Cdn], newsmonger
Verb: gossip  gó-sip
  1. Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
    "She won't gossip";
    - dish the dirt
     
  2. 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

See also:
gossans
gossiped

Anagrams containing the word gossip

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