gossip

nouns

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

verbs

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