Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gossiping

1 sense of gossiping

Sense 1
gossiping, gossipmongering -- (a conversation that spreads personal information about other people)
       => conversation -- (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gossip

2 senses of gossip

Sense 1
dish the dirt, gossip -- (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt")
       => talk, speak -- (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")

Sense 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")
       => converse, discourse -- (carry on a conversation)