gossip

1. Light informal conversation for social occasions (synset 107149788)
   is a type of: chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
   same as: causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle
2. A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (synset 107237830)
   "the divorce caused much gossip"
   is a type of: account, report - the act of informing by verbal report
   subtypes:

   • earful - an outpouring of gossip
   • hearsay, rumor, rumour - gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
   • grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication
   • dirt, malicious gossip, scandal - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
   • talk, talk of the town - idle gossip or rumor
   same as: comment, scuttlebutt
3. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others (synset 110158867)
   is a type of: communicator - a person who communicates with others
   subtypes:

   • cat - a spiteful woman gossip
   • scandalmonger - a person who spreads malicious gossip
   • blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale - someone who gossips indiscreetly
   • yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
   same as: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger

1. Wag one's tongue;
   Speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies (synset 201043826)
   "She won't dish the dirt"
   is a type of: speak, talk - exchange thoughts; talk with
   subtypes: bruit, rumor, rumour - tell or spread rumors
   same as: dish the dirt
2. Talk socially without exchanging too much information (synset 201040538)
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   is a type of: converse, discourse - carry on a conversation
   subtypes: jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
   same as: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing