The noun gossip has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie -- (light informal conversation for social occasions)
2. (2) gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")
3. gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger -- (a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others)
Overview of verb gossip
The verb gossip has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dish the dirt, gossip -- (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt")
2. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, 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")