Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gossip

n. & v. --n. 1 a easy or unconstrained talk or writing esp. about persons or social incidents. b idle talk; groundless rumour. 2 an informal chat, esp. about persons or social incidents. 3 a person who indulges in gossip. --v.intr. (gossiped, gossiping) talk or write gossip. Phrases and idioms gossip column a section of a newspaper devoted to gossip about well-known people. gossip columnist a regular writer of gossip columns. gossip-monger a perpetrator of gossip. Derivatives gossiper n. gossipy adj. Etymology: earlier sense 'godparent': f. OE godsibb person related to one in GOD: see SIB