About The Word Gossip
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Gossip Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Gossip?
[n] light informal conversation for social occasions
[n] a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [n] a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others [v] chew the fat; shoot the breeze [v] wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies Synonyms | Synonyms for Gossip: causerie | chaffer | chat | chatter | chin-wag | chin-wagging | chitchat | chitchat | claver | comment | confab | confabulate | gab | gabfest | gossiper | jaw | natter | newsmonger | rumormonger | rumourmonger | scuttlebutt | small talk | tittle-tattle | visit Related Terms | Find terms related to Gossip: a tale-bearing animal | account | ace | amigo | associate | babble | babblement | back-fence gossip | banter | bavardage | be closeted with | bedfellow | bedmate | bibble-babble | blab | blabber | blabbermouth | blah-blah | blather | blatherskite | blether | blethers | bosom buddy | bruit | buddy | bunkie | bunkmate | busybody | butty | buzz | cackle | camarade | caquet | caqueterie | chamberfellow | chat | chatter | chatterbox | chitchat | chitter-chatter | chronicle | chum | clack | classmate | clatter | colleague | comate | companion | company | compeer | comrade | confrere | consociate | consort | conversation | copartner | coze | crony | cry | dither | dope | eavesdropper | fellow | fellow student | flibbertigibbet | gab | gabble | gam | gas | gibber | gibble-gabble | girl friend | go on | gossip columnist | gossiper | gossiping | gossipmonger | gossipmongering | gossipry | grapevine | groundless rumor | guff | gup | gush | haver | hearsay | hint | hot air | idle talk | imply | information | inquirer | inquisitive | inquisitor | insinuate | intimate | jabber | jaw | make conversation | mate | mere talk | messmate | natter | newsmonger | newsmongering | newspaperman | nonsense talk | nosy Parker | old crony | on dit | on-dit | pal | palaver | pard | pardner | partner | patter | Paul Pry | Peeping Tom | piece of gossip | playfellow | playmate | poop | pour forth | prate | prating | prattle | prittle-prattle | pry | querier | querist | questioner | quidnunc | ramble on | rattle | rattle on | reel off | reporter | retail gossip | roommate | rubberneck | rubbernecker | rumble | rumor | rumormonger | run on | scandal | scandalmonger | schoolfellow | schoolmate | scopophiliac | scuttlebutt | shipmate | side partner | sidekick | sieve | sightseer | small talk | snoop | snooper | spout | spout off | story | suggest | tabby | tale | talebearer | talebearing | taleteller | taletelling | talk | talk away | talk nonsense | talk on | talkee-talkee | tattle | tattler | tattletale | teammate | tell idle tales | telltale | tete-a-tete | tittle-tattle | tittle-tattler | twaddle | twattle | visit | voyeur | waffle | whisper | word | workfellow | yak | yakkety-yak | yenta | yokefellow | yokemate See Also | account | blabbermouth | bruit | cat | chat | communicator | confab | confabulation | converse | dirt | discourse | earful | grapevine | hearsay | jawbone | malicious gossip | pipeline | report | rumor | rumor | rumour | rumour | scandal | scandalmonger | schmoose | schmoose | schmooze | schmooze | shmoose | shmooze | speak | talebearer | taleteller | talk | talk | talk of the town | tattler | tattletale | telltale | word of mouth | yenta Gossip In Webster's Dictionary \Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor
in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS.
godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe,
Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[=a] assembly.]
1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip,
in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill
taken. --Selden.
2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary
acquaintance. [Obs.]
My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak.
3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an
idle tattler.
The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden.
4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and
spite. --Tennyson.
\Gos"sip\, v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak. \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gossiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gossiping}.] 1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak. 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. |
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