gossip

noun

1. light informal conversation for social occasions

Synonym: chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfesttittle-tattlechin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

e.g. the divorce caused much gossip

Synonym: commentscuttlebutt

3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Synonym: gossipergossipmongerrumormongerrumourmongernewsmonger

verb

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information

e.g. the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Synonym: chew the fatshoot the breezechatconfabulateconfabchitchatchit-chatchatterchaffernatterjawclavervisit

2. wag one's tongue
speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

e.g. She won't dish the dirt

Synonym: dish the dirt

1. 流言蜚语；小道消息；闲话
Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people's private affairs.

e.g. He spent the first hour talking gossip...
他头一个小时都在闲聊。
e.g. There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...
关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。

2. 闲聊；说长道短
If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .

e.g. We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
我们交谈着，争论着，闲聊着，一直持续到晚上。
e.g. Eva gossiped with Sarah...
伊娃与萨拉在闲聊。

3. 爱说长道短的人
If you describe someone as a gossip, you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.

e.g. He was a vicious gossip.
他总是喜欢说别人的坏话。

1. 闲话：每天发生的事件和遭遇被纳入人们的日常叙事,这些尖刻的评判和彼此间终生的熟稔构成了所谓农村的闲话(gossip). 有时候故事暗含着道德判断,不过这个判断--公正抑或偏颇--都只是一个细节:作为一个整体,故事的讲述带着某种宽容,