gossip in WordNet English dictionary

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   chew the fat  shoot the breeze  chat  confabulate  confab  chitchat  chit-chat  chatter  chaffer  natter  gossip  jaw  claver  visit 
   
2. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
   "She won't dish the dirt"
   dish the dirt  gossip 
   

1. light informal conversation for social occasions
   chitchat  chit-chat  chit chat  small talk  gab  gabfest  gossip  tittle-tattle  chin wag  chin-wag  chin wagging  chin-wagging  causerie 
   
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
   "the divorce caused much gossip"
   gossip  comment  scuttlebutt 
   
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
   gossip  gossiper  gossipmonger  rumormonger  rumourmonger  newsmonger