n. Function: noun
1 a person who habitually retails private, scandalous, or sensational and often inaccurate information FF1C; her life ruined by a vicious old gossip FF1E;
Synonyms: carrytale, circulator, clack, gossiper, gossipmonger, ||long tongue, mumblenews, newsmonger, quidnunc, rumorer, rumormonger, scandalizer, scandalmonger, sieve, tabby, talebearer, telltale; compare BUSYBODY , INFORMER
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Synonyms: REPORT 1, buzz, cry, grapevine, hearsay, on-dit, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk
Related Words: account, chronicle, conversation, story, tale; babble, banter, chatter, prate