gossip n
1 blether, bush telegraph, buzz, chinwag (Brit. informal) chitchat, clishmaclaver (Scot.) dirt (U.S. slang) gen (Brit. informal) hearsay, idle talk, jaw (slang) latest (informal) newsmongering (old-fashioned) prattle, scandal, scuttlebutt (U.S. slang) small talk, tittle-tattle
2 babbler, blatherskite, blether, busybody, chatterbox (informal) chatterer, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, newsmonger (old-fashioned) prattler, quidnunc, scandalmonger, tattler, telltale vb
3 blather, blether, chat, chew the fat or rag (slang) dish the dirt (informal) gabble, jaw (slang) prate, prattle, schmooze (slang) shoot the breeze (slang, chiefly U.S.) tattle