account, report - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

earful - an outpouring of gossip

hearsay, rumor, rumour - gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"

malicious gossip, scandal, dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

talk of the town, talk - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"