gossip

v. talk about the private affairs of others, spread rumors

n. one who gossips, one who spreads rumors; rumors, idle talk about the private affairs of others

Gossip consists of casual or idle talk between friends. While ostensibly value neutral, the term often specifically refers to talk of scandal, slander, or schadenfreude relating to known associates of the participants, and discussed in an underhand or clandestine manner. Compare .While gossip forms one of the oldest and (still) the most common means of spreading and sharing facts and views, it also has a reputation for the introduction of errors and other variations into the information thus transmitted. The term also carries implications that the news so transmitted (usually) has a personal or trivial nature. Compare conversation.
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Noun
1. light informal conversation for social occasions
(synonym) chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie
(hypernym) chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
(derivation) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
(synonym) comment, scuttlebutt
(hypernym) report, account
(hyponym) earful
(derivation) dish the dirt
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
(synonym) gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
(hypernym) communicator
(hyponym) cat
(derivation) dish the dirt
Verb
1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"
(synonym) dish the dirt
(hypernym) talk, speak
(hyponym) rumor, rumour, bruit
(derivation) gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
(synonym) chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit
(hypernym) converse, discourse
(hyponym) shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone
(derivation) chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie

n. idle talk about the private affairs of others, rumors, gossip

(v. t.)
To stand sponsor to.
  

(v. i.)
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
  

(v. i.)
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
  

(v. i.)
To make merry.
  

(n.)
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
  

(n.)
One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
  

(n.)
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
  

(n.)
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.