gossip
gos·sip (gäs′əp)
noun
- Now Dial.
- a godparent
- a close friend
- a person who chatters or repeats idle talk and rumors, esp. about the private affairs of others
- such talk or rumors
- chatter
Etymology: ME godsip, gossyp (with assimilated -d-) < Late OE godsibbe, godparent: see god & sib
intransitive verb
to be a gossip or engage in gossip
gossip
n.
Local, petty talk
babble, chatter, meddling, small talk, malicious talk, whispering gallery, hearsay, rumor, scandal, news, slander, calumny, defamation, injury, blackening, grapevine*, grapevine telegraph*. One who indulges in petty talk
snoop, meddler, tattler, newsmonger, gossipmonger, scandalmonger, scandal-bearer, backbiter, magpie, chatterbox, talkative person, babbler, bigmouth, blatherskite, parrot*, long-nose*, sticky-beak*, blabbermouth*, telltale*, old hen*, fuss-budget*, Mrs. Grundy*, gabbler*.
gossip
v.
Converse of object
- swap: Charles had bought along his hard redheaded wife Norma, and she was busy swapping malicious gossip with Emily.
- spread: He deals with all my problems Himself and does not spread any gossip.
Adjective modifier
- juicy: Anyway, I've got a bit of juicy gossip about one of the contestants, Michelle.
- competitions...: MFR Frequency Exclusive competitions... gossip about MFR before anyone else... It's the MFR Frequency...
- malicious: In the first case, Smith hears some malicious gossip about the past career of Jones.
- scurrilous: More first-hand accounts of, or scurrilous gossip about, these events are eagerly awaited and will be linked in.
- idle: The asylum centers are the breeding places of rumors and idle gossip.
- hot: Tim Adams: When the story's over Hot gossip You've drunk too much.
Modifies a noun
- columnist: So who cares about a date doctor except maybe a gossip columnist?
- headline: Click image to view their profile Get the best daily celebrity gossip headlines!
- column: On the facing page, in Spy, the gossip column, there are at least two cheering stories.
- mag: Nor does he make the headlines in international gossip mags.
- rag: Popular culture junkies and fans of gossip rags have gorged on the glamorous and public life of Tom Cruise over the past decade.
- magazine: Q: We rarely read about you two in the gossip magazines?
Modifying Another Word
- maliciously: He gossiped maliciously about John and rejected the teachers of the truth sent out by John.
Noun used with modifier
- celebrity: Enter your details below Name: Email: The latest celebrity gossip from around the world.
- showbiz: Chardonnay delivers the freshest showbiz news gossip right to your PC.
- celeb: Moss goss - 04/03/03 Courtesy of Heat Magazine Fancy quizzing Kate Moss on all her top-notch celeb gossip?
- girlie: Printed From: bikegirl Forum Name: Girlie gossip column Forum Discription: Chat about anything you want to.
- village: He would tell me about the farm, about the village gossip.
Blood sport is brought to its ultimate refinement in the gossip columns.
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
It's anindulgencetosit ina roomand discuss yourbeliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
For pines are gossip pines the wide world through And full of runic tales to sigh or sing.
Widgongel wif word gespringeth. A roving woman gives rise to gossip.
Browse dictionary entries near gossip
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- gossamer
- Goss, Porter
- gospodin
- Gosper, Bill and Greenblatt, Richard Team
- gospeler
- gospel
- gosling
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- Goshen
- gossipmonger
- gossoon
- gossypol
- got
- Gotama
- gotcha
- Goth
- Gotham
- Gothic
- Gothic arch
