GOSSIPING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A conversation that spreads personal information about other people

Synonyms:

gossiping; gossipmongering

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("gossiping" is a kind of...):

conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gossiping"):

scandalmongering (spreading malicious gossip)

Derivation:

gossip (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies)

-ing form of the verb gossip