GOSSIP

Definition:

1. [noun] light informal conversation for social occasions
   Synonyms: chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie
   
   
2. [noun] a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
   Synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt
   
   
3. [noun] a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
   Synonyms: er, monger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
   
   
4. [verb] wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"
   Synonyms: dish the dirt
   
   
5. [verb] talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   Synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit
   
   

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Related Words:

• rumor, rumour, bruit
• shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
• earful
• rumor, rumour, hearsay
• grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth
• scandal, dirt, malicious gossip
• talk, talk of the town
• cat
• scandalmonger
• tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth
• yenta

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