1. (

• chitchat ,
• chit-chat ,
• chit_chat ,
• small_talk ,
• gab ,
• gabfest ,
• gossip ,
• tittle-tattle ,
• chin_wag ,
• chin-wag ,
• chin_wagging ,
• chin-wagging ,
• causerie

) light informal conversation for social occasions ;

2. (

• gossip ,
• comment ,
• scuttlebutt

) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" ;

3. (

• gossip ,
• gossiper ,
• gossipmonger ,
• rumormonger ,
• rumourmonger ,
• newsmonger

) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others ;

1. (

• dish_the_dirt ,
• gossip

) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" ;

2. (

• chew_the_fat ,
• shoot_the_breeze ,
• chat ,
• confabulate ,
• confab ,
• chitchat ,
• chit-chat ,
• 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" ;