transcription, транскрипция: [ gɒsɪp ]
( gossips, gossiping, gossiped)
1.
Gossip is informal conversation, often about other people’s private affairs.
There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence...
Don’t you like a good gossip?
N-UNCOUNT : also a N
2.
If you gossip with someone, you talk informally, especially about other people or local events. You can also say that two people gossip .
We spoke, debated, gossiped into the night...
Eva gossiped with Sarah...
Mrs Lilywhite never gossiped.
V-RECIP : pl-n V , V with n , V ( non-recip )
3.
If you describe someone as a gossip , you mean that they enjoy talking informally to people about the private affairs of others.
He was a vicious gossip.
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]