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noun | verb gossipgossip1 /ˈgɑsəp/ ●●○ noun ETYMOLOGYgossip1Origin: Old English godsibb godparent, close friend, from god god + sibb relative ► piece of gossip an interesting piece of gossip about Miss Smith ► juicy gossip She always knows all the juicy gossip (=interesting and often shocking information). ► idle gossip idle gossip (=gossip not based on facts) ► office/neighborhood/local etc. gossip People stood around the coffee machine, exchanging office gossip. 1[countable, uncountable] information that is told by one person to another about other people’s behavior and private lives, and that often includes remarks that are not true or not nice: an interesting piece of gossip about Miss Smith She always knows all the juicy gossip (=interesting and often shocking information). idle gossip (=gossip not based on facts)office/neighborhood/local etc. gossip People stood around the coffee machine, exchanging office gossip.2the gossip mill the people who start gossip3[countable] (also gossiper) disapproving someone who likes talking about other people’s private lives [Origin: Old English godsibb godparent, close friend, from god god + sibb relative] noun | verb gossipgossip2 ●●○ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEgossip |
| Present | I, you, we, they | gossip | | he, she, it | gossips | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | gossiped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have gossiped | | he, she, it | has gossiped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had gossiped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will gossip | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have gossiped |
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| Present | I | am gossiping | | he, she, it | is gossiping | | you, we, they | are gossiping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was gossiping | | you, we, they | were gossiping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been gossiping | | he, she, it | has been gossiping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been gossiping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be gossiping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been gossiping |
THESAURUSconversation► talk to say things to someone, especially in a conversation: I could hear people talking in the next room. Once Lou gets talking, you know you’re going to be there a while (=starts having a conversation). ► speak (to/with somebody) to talk to someone about something, especially for a particular reason: Can I speak to you in the other room? ► discuss to talk seriously about ideas or plans: We’ll discuss the matter at the meeting. ► have a conversation (with somebody) to talk informally to another person or people in order to ask questions, exchange ideas, etc.: I had a brief conversation with him last week. ► converse formal to have a conversation with someone: Students like her because she can converse with them in their own language. ► chat (with/to somebody) (also have a chat) informal to talk to someone in a friendly way about things that are not very important: We had a nice chat about what our kids are up to. ► visit (with somebody) informal to have a conversation with someone, especially about your personal lives: The aunts and uncles were visiting in the living room. ► gossip to talk about other people’s private lives when they are not there: People have started to gossip about his wife. ► whisper to talk quietly, usually because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying: He turned to his mother and whispered something in her ear. ► go on to talk too much or for too long about something: She went on and on about how good she was at basketball. ► ramble (on) to talk for a long time in a way that does not seem organized, and that other people think is boring: He rambled on for an hour about fishing. ► chatter/prattle to talk a lot without stopping about things that are not important: She chattered happily about the party until she noticed I wasn’t listening. to talk or write gossip about someone or something: gossip about They’re all gossiping about you.► see thesaurus at talk1 |