Unscramble gossip

Definition of gossip

noun:

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

verb:

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

Related words

blabbermouth, bruit, cat, dirt, earful, grapevine, hearsay, jawbone, pipeline, rumor, rumour, scandal, scandalmonger, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze, talebearer, taleteller, talk, tattler, tattletale, telltale, yenta.

Words nearby

gossipy.