Definitions for gossip

Definitions for (noun) gossip

Main entry: small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, causerie

Definition: light informal conversation for social occasions


Main entry: scuttlebutt, gossip, comment

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

Usage: the divorce caused much gossip


Main entry: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger

Definition: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others


Definitions for (verb) gossip

Main entry: visit, jaw, gossip, natter, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, shoot the breeze, confab, confabulate

Definition: talk socially without exchanging too much information

Usage: the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze


Main entry: dish the dirt, gossip

Definition: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

Usage: She won't dish the dirt


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