An interaction characterized by a high degree of courtesy, delicacy, deference, and avoidance of conflict.
A type of imaginative playing in which children gather with each other or their dolls to mimic having a real tea party or other formal meal, often without any food at all.
A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served.
An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
petty, idle gossip.
To engage in such gossip.
To spread gossip.