单词 | gossip |
释义 | gossip n. & v. --n   1. a easy or unconstrained talk or writing esp. about persons or social incidents. b idle talk; groundless rumour.   2. an informal chat, esp. about persons or social incidents.   3. a person who indulges in gossip. --vintr. (gossiped, gossiping) talk or write gossip. Phrases and idioms gossip column a section of a newspaper devoted to gossip about well-known people. gossip columnist a regular writer of gossip columns. gossip-monger a perpetrator of gossip. Derivatives gossiper n. gossipy adj. Etymology: earlier sense 'godparent': f. OE godsibb person related to one in GOD: see SIB |
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