GOSSIP


Meaning of GOSSIP in English

n. 25B6; noun

tell me all the gossip : TITTLE-TATTLE, tattle, rumour(s), whispers, canards, titbits; scandal, hearsay; informal dirt, buzz; Brit. informal goss; N. Amer. informal scuttlebutt.

they went for a gossip : CHAT, talk, conversation, chatter, heart-to-heart, tête-à-tête, blether, blather; discussion, dialogue; informal chit-chat, jaw, gas, confab, goss; Brit. informal natter, chinwag; N. Amer. informal gabfest; Austral./NZ informal yarn; formal confabulation.

she's such a gossip : SCANDALMONGER, gossipmonger, tattler, busybody, muckraker.

25B6; verb

she gossiped about his wife : SPREAD RUMOURS, spread gossip, tittle-tattle, tattle, talk, whisper, tell tales; informal dish the dirt.

people sat around gossiping : CHAT, talk, converse, speak to each other, discuss things; informal gas, chew the fat, chew the rag, jaw, yak, yap; Brit. informal natter, chinwag; N. Amer. informal shoot the breeze, shoot the bull; formal confabulate.

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