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G0204600 (gŏs′əp)n.1. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.2. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.3. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.4. A close friend or companion.5. Chiefly British A godparent.intr.v. gos·siped, gos·sip·ing, gos·sips To engage in or spread gossip: gossiped about the neighbors.

[Middle English godsib, gossip, godparent, from Old English godsibb : god, god; see god + sibb, kinsman; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

gos′sip·er n.gos′sip·ry n.gos′sip·y adj.

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(ˈɡɒsɪp) n1. casual and idle chat: to have a gossip with a friend. 2. a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people: a gossip about the neighbours. 3. Also called: gossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously4. light easy communication: to write a letter full of gossip. 5. archaic a close woman friendvb, -sips, -siping or -siped (often foll by: about) to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)[Old English godsibb godparent, from god + sib; the term came to be applied to familiar friends, esp a woman's female friends at the birth of a child, hence a person, esp a woman, fond of light talk] ˈgossiper, ˈgossipper n ˈgossiping n, adj ˈgossipingly adv ˈgossipy adj

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n., v. -siped -sipped, -sip•ing -sip•ping. n. 1. idle talk or rumor, esp. about the private affairs of others. 2. light, familiar talk or writing. 3. Also, gos′sip•er, gos′sip•per. a person given to tattling or idle talk. 4. Archaic. a friend, esp. a woman. v.i. 5. to talk idly, esp. about others. [before 1050; < Old English godsibb, orig. godparent =god God + sibb related; see sib] gos′sip•y, adj.

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[News in the computer industry] as rife with rumor as the C.I.A. or the National Security Council —Erik Sandberg-Diment, New York Times, January 25, 1987
Collected them [rumors] as a child might collect matchbooks —W. P. Kinsella
Confirmed gossips are like connoisseurs of cheese; the stuff they relish must be stout —Holman Day
Delivered more gossip than the National Enquirer —Joseph Wambaugh
Far and wide the tale was told, like a snowball growing while it rolled —John Greenleaf Whittier
Fond of gossip as an old woman —Ivan Turgenev
An indiscreet man is like an unsealed letter, everybody can read it —Sebastian Shamfort
Little words of speculation drone like bees in a bottle —Beryl Markham
News as roaring in the air like a flight of bees —Truman Capote
News … would have run like a pistol shot through Faithful House [the name of publishing business around which Swinnerton’s novel, Faithful Company, centers] —Frank Swinnerton
Rumor … it had gone like a fire in dry grass —William Faulkner
See Also: SPREADING
Rumors [on Iranian arms scandal’s effect on Washington] are spreading like lava from a volcano —Senator Robert Byrd, CBS-TV news program, broadcast December 5th
Rumors began to thicken like a terrible blizzard —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Rumors … flew like birds out of the unknown —Stephen Crane
Rumors swirled around his name like the waters in a riptide —Peter De Vries
Rumors that rush around … inflating as they go, like giant balloons until somebody comes along to prick them —Vita Sackville-West
Scandal, like a kite, to fly well, depends greatly on the length of the tale it has to carry —Punch, 1854
A secret in his [the gossip’s] mouth is like a wild bird put into a cage; whose door no sooner opens, but it is out —Ben Jonson
Spits out secrets like hot custard —Thomas Fuller
Stories, like dragons, are hard to kill … If the snake does not, the tale runs still —John Greenleaf Whittier
Tale-bearers are as bad as the talemakers —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Tell tales out of school like a child —Honoré de Balzac
They come together like the coroner’s inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week —William Congreve
They [a talkative family] fly around with news in their beaks like blue jays —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Traded in gossip the way grown-ups play the stock market —Nora Johnson This comparison by the teen-aged narrator in The World of Henry Orient would be equally apt without the reference to age.
Trumpeting it [a secret] … like an elephant in heat —William Alfred
The United States government leaks like a rusty tin can —David Brinkley, “This Week With David Brinkley,” ABC-TV, November 16, 1986
Word gets around..it’s like jungle drums —George Axelrod
Word of scandal spreads like a spot of oil —Marcel Proust

gossip

Past participle: gossiped
Gerund: gossiping

Imperative
gossip
gossip

Present
I gossip
you gossip
he/she/it gossips
we gossip
you gossip
they gossip

Preterite
I gossiped
you gossiped
he/she/it gossiped
we gossiped
you gossiped
they gossiped

Present Continuous
I am gossiping
you are gossiping
he/she/it is gossiping
we are gossiping
you are gossiping
they are gossiping

Present Perfect
I have gossiped
you have gossiped
he/she/it has gossiped
we have gossiped
you have gossiped
they have gossiped

Past Continuous
I was gossiping
you were gossiping
he/she/it was gossiping
we were gossiping
you were gossiping
they were gossiping

Past Perfect
I had gossiped
you had gossiped
he/she/it had gossiped
we had gossiped
you had gossiped
they had gossiped

Future
I will gossip
you will gossip
he/she/it will gossip
we will gossip
you will gossip
they will gossip

Future Perfect
I will have gossiped
you will have gossiped
he/she/it will have gossiped
we will have gossiped
you will have gossiped
they will have gossiped

Future Continuous
I will be gossiping
you will be gossiping
he/she/it will be gossiping
we will be gossiping
you will be gossiping
they will be gossiping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gossiping
you have been gossiping
he/she/it has been gossiping
we have been gossiping
you have been gossiping
they have been gossiping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gossiping
you will have been gossiping
he/she/it will have been gossiping
we will have been gossiping
you will have been gossiping
they will have been gossiping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gossiping
you had been gossiping
he/she/it had been gossiping
we had been gossiping
you had been gossiping
they had been gossiping

Conditional
I would gossip
you would gossip
he/she/it would gossip
we would gossip
you would gossip
they would gossip

Past Conditional
I would have gossiped
you would have gossiped
he/she/it would have gossiped
we would have gossiped
you would have gossiped
they would have gossiped

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gossip - light informal conversation for social occasionscauserie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chitchat, chit-chat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattlechat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
	2.	gossip - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"scuttlebutt, commentreport, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"earful - an outpouring of gossiphearsay, rumor, rumour - gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouthgrapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"malicious gossip, scandal, dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other peopletalk of the town, talk - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
	3.	gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about othersgossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmongercommunicator - a person who communicates with otherscat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"scandalmonger - a person who spreads malicious gossipblabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale - someone who gossips indiscreetlyyenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
Verb	1.	gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"dish the dirttalk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"bruit, rumor, rumour - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
	2.	gossip - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, confabulate, chatter, visitconverse, discourse - carry on a conversationjawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

gossip

noun1. idle talk, scandal, hearsay, tittle-tattle, buzz, dirt (U.S. slang), jaw (slang), gen (Brit. informal), small talk, chitchat, blether, scuttlebutt (U.S. slang), chinwag (Brit. informal) There has been a lot of gossip about the reasons for his absence. a magazine packed with celebrity gossip2. busybody, babbler, prattler, chatterbox (informal), blether, chatterer, scandalmonger, gossipmonger She was a vicious old gossip.verb1. chat, chatter, blather, schmooze (slang), jaw (slang), dish the dirt (informal), blether, shoot the breeze (slang, chiefly U.S.), chew the fat or rag (slang) We gossiped well into the night.Quotations
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about" [Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray]
"Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those that diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker" [George Eliot Daniel Deronda]

gossip

noun1. Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others:gossipry, hearsay, report, rumor, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word.Slang: scuttlebutt.2. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:blab, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whisperer.Slang: yenta.verbTo engage in or spread gossip:blab, noise, rumor, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper.Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school.

Translations

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(ˈgosip) noun1. talk about other people's affairs, not always truthful. I never pay any attention to gossip. 流言蜚语，闲话 2. a chat. She dropped in for a cup of coffee and a gossip.闲聊3. a person who listens to and passes on gossip. She's a dreadful gossip.爱传流言蜚语的人 verb1. to pass on gossip. 传播流言蜚语2. to chat. 闲聊ˈgossipy adjective fond of gossiping. gossipy neighbours.爱闲聊的gossip column an article in a newspaper etc containing gossip about famous people. 随笔闲谈栏

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noun idle talk

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noun busybody

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verb chat

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noun idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others

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noun a person habitually engaged in idle talk about others

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verb to engage in or spread gossip

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noun light informal conversation for social occasions

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noun a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

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noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

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verb wag one's tongue

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verb talk socially without exchanging too much information

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