noun. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.

noun. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.

noun. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

noun. A close friend or companion.

noun. A godparent.

intransitive verb. To engage in or spread gossip.

noun. A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather or godmother.

noun. A friend or neighbor; an intimate companion.

noun. One who goes about tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

noun. Idle talk, as of one friend or acquaintance to another; especially, confidential or minutely personal remarks about other people; tattle; scandal; trifling or groundless report.

To be a boon companion.

To talk idly, especially about other people; chat; tattle.

To stand godfather to.

To repeat as gossip: as, to gossip scandal.

intransitive verb. To make merry.

intransitive verb. To prate; to chat; to talk much.

intransitive verb. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

transitive verb. To stand sponsor to.

noun. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

noun. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

noun. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

noun. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

noun. Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.

noun. Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.

noun. A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

verb. To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.

verb. To talk idly.

verb. talk socially without exchanging too much information

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

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

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

noun. light informal conversation for social occasions

"For the sake of this discussion, forget the negative connotations of the word gossip."

godparent  gossip's bridle  

chat  confab  confabulation  schmoose  schmooze  

amusement  anecdote  chatter  criticism  entertainment  

Paul Pry  Peeping Tom  a tale-bearing animal  account  ace  

gossipping  gossips