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gossip
[ gos-uhp ]
noun
- idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others:
the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
Synonyms: , , ,
- light, familiar talk or writing.
- Also gossiper, gossipper. a person given to tattling or idle talk.
Synonyms: ,
- Chiefly British Dialect. a godparent.
- Archaic. a friend, especially a woman.
verb (used without object)
- to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
- Chiefly British Dialect. to stand godparent to.
- Archaic. to repeat like a gossip.
gossip
/ ˈɡɒɪ /
noun
- casual and idle chat
to have a gossip with a friend
- a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people
a gossip about the neighbours
- Also calledgossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously
- light easy communication
to write a letter full of gossip
- archaic.a close woman friend
verb
- introften foll byabout to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)
Derived Forms
- ˈDz辱Բ, adverb
- ˈDz辱Բ, nounadjective
- ˈDz, adjective
- ˈDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- Dz··Բ· adverb
- ·ٱ·Dz· verb intergossiped or intergossipped intergossiping or intergossipping
- ܲ·Dz··Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of gossip1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
She changed the subject and wanted to talk about neighborhood gossip instead.
Up until the gossip podcast launched, Lilly had been open about her life online.
Burns’ cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator’s defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman’s unwanted attentions as consensual.
"The problem is that people are much more interested in the royal gossip than they are in learning how to make a jam."
"He knew so much about me, from police station gossip: where I was, where I was going, who I was seeing. He knew everything about me."
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