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GOSSIP
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
(noun) light informal conversation for social occasions
gossip, comment, scuttlebutt
(noun) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; “the divorce caused much gossip”
gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
(noun) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gossip (countable and uncountable, plural gossips)
(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
Synonyms: busybody, gossipmonger, meddler, rumormonger, Thesaurus:gossiper
(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
Synonyms: dirt, hearsay, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, Thesaurus:rumor
(uncountable) Idle conversation in general.
Synonyms: chat, chinwag, chit-chat, natter, Thesaurus:chatter
(uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
(obsolete) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child.
Synonym: sponsor
Hyponyms: godfather, godmother
(obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.
Synonym: friend
(obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
Verb
gossip (third-person singular simple present gossips, present participle gossipping or gossiping, simple past and past participle gossipped or gossiped)
(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
Synonyms: blab, dish the dirt, spill the tea, talk out of turn, tell tales out of school
(intransitive) To talk idly.
Synonyms: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chinwag, natter, prattle, shoot the breeze
(obsolete) To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
(obsolete) To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
Source: Wiktionary
Gos"sip, n. Etym: [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. sabha assembly.]
1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.
2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak.
3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.
4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.
Gos"sip, v. t.
Definition: To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.
Gos"sip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped; p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.
3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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