'Gossip' definitions:

Definition of 'gossip'

(from WordNet)
noun
Light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
noun
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: gossip, comment, scuttlebutt]
noun
A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger]
verb
Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" [syn: dish the dirt, gossip]
verb
Talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]

Definition of 'Gossip'

From: GCIDE
  • Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gossip'

From: GCIDE
  • Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]
  • 1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gossip'

From: GCIDE
  • Gossip \Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[=a] assembly.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. [1913 Webster]
  • Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. --Selden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. [1913 Webster]
  • The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. [1913 Webster]
  • Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'gossip'

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