gossip /gosˈip/

1. Idle chat
2. Tittle-tattle
3. Scandalous rumours
4. Easy familiar writing
5. Someone who goes about telling and hearing news, or idle, malicious and scandalous tales
6. A familiar friend (archaic; Spenser gossˈib)
7. A woman friend who comes to attend a birth (archaic)
8. A sponsor at baptism (in relation to child, parent, or other sponsor) (archaic or dialect)

1. To run about telling idle or malicious tales
2. To talk a lot, prattle
3. To chat

1. To tell or spread as gossip
2. To stand godfather or gossip to (obsolete; Shakespeare and Milton)

gossˈiping noun and adjective

gossˈipry noun

gossˈipy adjective

gossip column noun

The newspaper column written by a gossip-writer

gossip columnist noun

gossip mill noun

A place or institution where gossip is continually created and circulated

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