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"gossip" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often tattle (6 letters).
Definitions
talk socially without exchanging too much information
Word origin
From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.
Used in a sentence
“Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.”
“He was an arrant old gossip, too; for ever coming off in his canoe to the ships in the bay, and regaling their crews with choice little morsels of court scandal […]”
“Alf could tell you about everybody on both sides of Main Street. He was a vicious male gossip, insatiably curious and vindictive without malice.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Idle talk”6 letters
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