Gossip

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NOUN

chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab

light informal conversation for social occasions

comment, scuttlebutt

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

VERB

dish the dirt

wag one's tongue

chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab

talk socially without exchanging too much information

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