gossip

(noun) light informal conversation for social occasions. Synonyms: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie.

(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. Synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt. Examples: "The divorce caused much gossip."

(noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others. Synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger.

(verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies. Synonyms: dish the dirt. Examples: "She won't dish the dirt."

(verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information. Synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit. Examples: "The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze."