Idle or malicious talk; = jaw, n.1 6 to lead chawle, to give mouth. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip (27) jowl?c1225 Idle or malicious talk; = jaw, n.1 6 to lead chawle, to give mouth. Obsolete. trattle1513 Idle tales or talk; gossip; chatter. tittle-tattle1570 An unreliable tale or rumour; a piece of gossip; a topic of idle chatter. tattle1583 with a and plural. A fit of tattling; a ‘gossip’. Now rare. clatter1596 Gossip, chatter, idle talk, tittle-tattle. Often in plural. Chiefly Scottish. street web1614 a ‘web’ of street gossip. town talk1642 The common talk or gossip of the people of a town; a person or matter discussed in this way. Cf. talk of the town at talk, n. 4. street-threada1661 = street web n., street yarn n. clash1685 Chatter, idle talk; the country talk; an item of gossip (generally malicious). Scottish and northern dialect. fetch-fire1784 the verb-stem in combination with adverbs, as fetch-after n. see quot. 1888; with n. as object. fetch-fire n. Obsolete attributive. fetch-water n.… street yarn1800 talk or tales ‘spun’ in the street, street gossip (cf. street web n.). gossip1811 The conversation of such a person; idle talk; trifling or groundless rumour; tittle-tattle. Also, in a more favourable sense: Easy, unrestrained… village gossip1847 (a) the idle talk of a village (see gossip, n. 4); (b) a woman who gossips (see gossip, n. 3). Russian scandal1861 (a) a game in which a whispered message, after being passed from player to player, is contrasted in its original and final versions (cf. Chinese whi… chopsing1879 The action of chopse, v. (in either sense); engagement in critical or angry abuse; (also) chattering, gossiping, idle talk. cooze1880 A chat, a gossip. Cf. cooze, v. 2. reportage1881 That which is reported (esp. of a person); rumour, gossip. skeet1900 Gossip; news. scuttlebutt gossip1901 (a) one who exchanges gossip at a scuttlebutt; (b) the gossip exchanged there. pussy-talk1937 female gossip. mauvais languec1945 Malicious gossip or rumours; critical or slanderous talk. comess1970 St Vincent and the Grenadines. Gossip, idle chat. he-say-she-say1972 Hearsay; gossip; unsubstantiated rumour. Cf. he-said-she-said, n. gyaff1975 Idle chat, gossip. Also: an instance of this; a chat; a piece of gossip. Cf. gyaff, v. skinder1979 Gossip; tittle-tattle. goss1985 colloquial (chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand). Casual and unconstrained talk or reports, typically personal or private in nature, and… gist1990 Nigerian English. Idle chat, gossip. Also: an instance of this, a rumour or piece of gossip. |
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