n. & v.
n. 1 a easy or unconstrained talk or writing esp. about persons or social incidents. b idle talk; groundless rumour. 2 an informal chat, esp. about persons or social incidents. 3 a person who indulges in gossip.
v.intr. (gossiped, gossiping) talk or write gossip. gossip column a section of a newspaper devoted to gossip about well-known people. gossip columnist a regular writer of gossip columns. gossip-monger a perpetrator of gossip. gossiper n. gossipy adj.
[ earlier sense 'godparent': f. OE godsibb person related to one in GOD: see SIB ]