Difficulty interrupting spiteful woman's gossip (8)
I believe the answer is:
chitchat
'gossip' is the definition.
('chitchat' can be a synonym of 'gossip')
'difficulty interrupting spiteful woman's' is the wordplay.
'difficulty' becomes 'hitch' (hitch is a kind of difficulty).
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'spiteful woman' becomes 'cat'.
'hitch' put into 'cat' is 'CHITCHAT'.
(Other definitions for chitchat that I've seen before include "Gossip" , "Light social conversation" , "Trivial conversation" , "rabbit" , "Inconsequential talk" .)