noun
- Light informal conversation for social occasions.
- synonyms: 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.
- usage: "the divorce caused much gossip"
- synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt
- A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
- synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
verb
- Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies.
- usage: "She won't dish the dirt"
- synonyms: dish the dirt
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
- usage: "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit
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