gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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She was gossipping with a man and laughing heartily.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce