GOSSIP

chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie

(noun) light informal conversation for social occasions

gossip, comment, scuttlebutt

(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; “the divorce caused much gossip”

gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger

(noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gossip (countable and uncountable, plural gossips)

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

Synonyms: busybody, gossipmonger, meddler, rumormonger, Thesaurus:gossiper

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

Synonyms: dirt, hearsay, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, Thesaurus:rumor

(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.

Synonyms: chat, chinwag, chit-chat, natter, Thesaurus:chatter

(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

(obsolete) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child.

Synonym: sponsor

Hyponyms: godfather, godmother

(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.

Synonym: friend

(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

Verb

gossip (third-person singular simple present gossips, present participle gossipping or gossiping, simple past and past participle gossipped or gossiped)

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

Synonyms: blab, dish the dirt, spill the tea, talk out of turn, tell tales out of school

(intransitive) To talk idly.

Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chinwag, natter, prattle, shoot the breeze

(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.

(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.

Source: Wiktionary

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Gos"sip, n. Etym: [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabha assembly.]

1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak.

3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.

4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.

Gos"sip, v. t.

Definition: To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.

Gos"sip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]

1. To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.

3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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