noun
1 unkind talk about other people
ADJECTIVE
▪ latest
▪ idle , juicy , malicious , salacious
▪ celebrity
▪ tabloid
… OF GOSSIP
▪ bit , piece , tidbit ( AmE ), titbit ( BrE )
▪
I heard an interesting bit of ~ yesterday.
VERB + GOSSIP
▪ spread
▪
Someone has been spreading malicious ~ about me.
▪ exchange , swap
▪ hear , listen to
▪
You shouldn't listen to idle ~.
▪ get
▪ know
▪
He knows all the juicy ~.
GOSSIP + VERB
▪ circulate , go around , go round ( esp. BrE )
▪
A piece of silly ~ was going around the school.
GOSSIP + NOUN
▪ column , columnist
▪
I saw it in the ~ column of the local newspaper.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
a magazine full of ~ about famous people
2 conversation about other people
ADJECTIVE
▪ good
VERB + GOSSIP
▪ have
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
We had a good ~ about the boss.
▪ ~ with
▪
She's having a ~ with Maria. ( BrE )