nnoun.communicationlight informal conversation for social occasionsSynset:causerie chin-wag chin-wagging chin wag chin wagging chit-chat chit chat chitchat gab gabfest small talk tittle-tattle
Derivationally Related Form:tittle-tattlegossipchitchatgossipygabby
Hypernyms:chat confab confabulation schmoose schmooze
Inherited Hypernyms:chitchatchatconversationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa report (often malicious) about the behavior of other peopleSynset:comment scuttlebutt
Examples:- the divorce caused much gossip
Derivationally Related Form:gossip
Hypernyms:account report
Inherited Hypernyms:gossipreportinformingspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dirtearfulgrapevinehearsaymalicious gossippipelinerumorrumourscandaltalktalk of the townword of mouth
Full Hyponyms:earfulgrapevinerumorscandaltalk
nnoun.persona person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about othersSynset:gossiper gossipmonger newsmonger rumormonger rumourmonger
Derivationally Related Form:gossip
Hypernyms:communicator
Inherited Hypernyms:gossipcommunicatorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:gossipcommunicatorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:blabbermouthcatscandalmongertalebearertaletellertattlertattletaletelltaleyenta
Full Hyponyms:catscandalmongertattletaleyenta
vverb.communicationwag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimaciesSynset:dish the dirt
Derivationally Related Form:gossipergossipgossiping
Hypernyms:speak talk
Inherited Hypernyms:dish the dirttalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:bruitrumorrumour
Full Troponyms:rumor
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: gossip) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: gossip)
vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)