1.light informal conversation for social occasions
2.a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people;
the divorce caused much gossip
3.a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
1.wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies;
She won't dish the dirt
2.talk socially without exchanging too much information;
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze