- gossiping, gossipmongering - a conversation that spreads personal information about other people
--1 is a kind of conversation
--1 has particulars: scandalmongeringDerived form: verb gossip1
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun gossiper1, noun gossip3, noun gossip2, noun gossiping1
Sam and Sue gossip
Sam wants to gossip with Sue
- 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
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun gossip1
Somebody ----s