GOSSIP
\ɡˈɒsɪp], \ɡˈɒsɪp], \ɡ_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_p]\
Definitions of GOSSIP
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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talk socially without exchanging too much information; "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; "She won't dish the dirt"
By Princeton University
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A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
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One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
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The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
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To stand sponsor to.
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To make merry.
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To prate; to chat; to talk much.
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To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
By Oddity Software
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A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
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One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
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The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
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To stand sponsor to.
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To make merry.
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To prate; to chat; to talk much.
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To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
By Noah Webster.
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Familiar or idle talk; scandal; one who habitually talks of other people and their affairs.
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To tell idle tales about others.
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Gossipy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Gossipy.
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A familiar acquaintance: one who runs about telling and hearing news: idle talk.
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To run about telling idle tales: to talk much: to chat.
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GOSSIPRY.
By Daniel Lyons
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Gossipy.
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To chat; tattle.
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Familiar or idle talk; mischievous tattle; rumor.
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One who gossips.
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Originally, a sponsor in baptism.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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One who runs about tattling; mere idle talk; a tippling companion; a sponsor.
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To run about and tattle; to chat; to talk much; to be a been companion.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Originally a sponsor, a neighbour, or friend; an idle tattler; a busy teller of news.
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To run about among neighbours and engage in idle talk; to engage in much small-talk; to tattle.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
