"gossips" in the noun sense
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
"gossips" in the verb sense
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"
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