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