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Noun: gossiping  gósuping
  1. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people
    - gossipmongering
Verb: gossip  gósip
  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