Intimate and cosy gossip (8)
I believe the answer is:
schmooze
'intimate and cosy gossip' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for schmooze that I've seen before include "Intimate and cosy gossip" , "circulate" , "Chat - gossip" , "Chat socially" , "Talk ingratiatingly to" .)