Gossiping as dream image usually bears a negative significance and may reflect someone's negative traits of character or appear as a premonitory image which points to bad luck and unfortunate events to follow in someone's waking life.
If you dream that you are gossiping and chit-chatting with your companions, this illustrates your superficial and depthless nature, not seeing the bulk of the iceberg - therefore not taking things seriously. Gossiping dreams reflect the need some people have to get 'nosy', to judge the others and get involved in things which do not concern them, chit-chatting around instead of striving to have a fulfilled life of their own.
If you are not involved in the gossip, but you hear it in the dream, this means that the information on which you may base some undertakings and enterprises is not correct. Consequently, dreams in which you hear people around you gossiping may be taken as a subtle advice not to enter any business before thoroughly checking all the information you have about it first.
To be the object of gossip in a dream is most of the times related to your fears and anxieties. Individuals having such dreams may be too concerned about their social status and about what the others think and say about them. These people should learn not to care so much about others' opinions and criticism and they should focus on their own actions and deeds.