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.
Phrases and idioms:
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.
Derivatives:
gossiper n. gossipy adj.
Etymology: earlier sense 'godparent': f. OE godsibb person related to one in GOD: see SIB