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1. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people
   - gossipmongering

1. Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
   - dish the dirt
    
2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   - chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab []

Derived forms: gossipings

See also: gossiper

Type of: conversation, converse, discourse, speak, talk

Encyclopedia: Gossip