gossip
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: {chitchat},
{small talk}, {gab}, {gabfest}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin-wag},
{chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
2: a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people;
"the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: {comment}, {scuttlebutt}]
3: a person given to gossiping [syn: {gossiper}, {rumormonger},
{rumourmonger}, {newsmonger}]
v 1: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or
intimacies
2: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: {chat}, {confabulate},
{confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {jaw},
{claver}, {visit}]