Noun gossiping has 1 sense
  1. gossiping, gossipmongering - a conversation that spreads personal information about other people
    --1 is a kind of conversation
    --1 has particulars: scandalmongering
    Derived form: verb gossip1
,Verb gossip has 2 senses
  1. dish the dirt, gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"
    --1 is one way to talk, speak
    Derived forms: noun gossiper1, noun gossip3, noun gossip2, noun gossiping1
    Sample sentences:
    Sam and Sue gossip
    Sam wants to gossip with Sue
  2. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
    --2 is one way to converse, discourse
    Derived form: noun gossip1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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