1. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people
   "The office was full of gossiping about the new employee";
   - gossipmongering

1. Talk informally about someone else's private or personal business, esp. spreading negative or scandalous information even though it has not been confirmed to be true
   "She won't gossip";
   - dish the dirt [informal], dish [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and gossiping";
   - chew the fat [informal], shoot the breeze [N. Amer, informal], chat, confabulate, confab [informal], chitchat [informal], chit-chat [informal], chatter, chaffer, natter [informal], jaw [informal], claver [UK, dialect], visit [N. Amer, informal], gas [informal], chew the rag [informal], gab [informal], chinwag [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: gossipings

Type of: conversation, converse, convo [Austral, informal], discourse, speak, talk

Encyclopedia: Gossip