gossip

Plural: gossips

Noun

light informal conversation for social occasions
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- "the divorce caused much gossip"
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
Idle conversation in general.
A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
Communication done using a gossip protocol.
A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
A familiar acquaintance.
Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

Verb

Verb Forms: gossiped, gossiping, gossips, gossipped, gossipping

To engage in idle talk or rumors, especially about others.
wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
talk socially without exchanging too much information
To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
To talk idly.
To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
To communicate using a gossip protocol.

Examples

a gossip blog
a gossip columnist
According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks.
Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.
I have a juicy piece of gossip to share with you.
They would GOSSIP about each other’s Scrabble strategies during coffee breaks.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.

Synonyms

causerie, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, comment, confab, confabulate, dish the dirt, gab, gabfest, gossiper, gossipmonger, jaw, natter, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, scuttlebutt, shoot the breeze, small talk, tittle-tattle, visit, babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbermouth, blabbing, blabtale, blabtongue, blather, blathering, bruit, busybody, buzz, buzzer, cag, carrytale, chelp, chinwag, clepe, dirt, dish, fame, fetch and carry, friend, gabble, godsib, gossip, hearsay, hot air, jaunder, labrish, mardle, meddler, moot, mouth, mumblenews, muttering, noise, on dit, palaver, prate, prattle, rumor, scandal, scandalmonger, shoot the shit, sleazemonger, sough, spill the tea, sponsor, tabby, tale, talebearer, talecarrier, talk, talk out of turn, tattle, tattletale, tell tales out of school, telltale, telltale tit, titivil, town crier, twaddle, waffle, whisper, whisperer, whispering, word, word on the street, word on the wire, yackety-yak, yap, yatter

Scrabble Score: 9

gossip: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
gossip: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gossip: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

gossip: valid Words With Friends Word