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gossip

/ gossip /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
"the divorce caused much gossip"
Type of:
report account
Kinds of:
earful rumor rumour hearsay grapevine
Derived:
dish the dirt
noun Sense 2
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Type of:
communicator
Kinds of:
cat scandalmonger tattletale tattler taleteller
Derived:
dish the dirt
verb Sense 3
wag one''s tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
"She won''t dish the dirt"
Type of:
talk speak
Kinds of:
rumor rumour bruit
Derived:
gossiper gossipmonger rumormonger rumourmonger newsmonger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 4
light informal conversation for social occasions
Type of:
chat confab confabulation
Derived:
chatter piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle
verb Sense 5
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
Type of:
converse discourse
Kinds of:
shmooze shmoose schmooze schmoose jawbone
Derived:
visitor visitant chitchat small talk gab
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
63%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
3
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report account earful rumor rumour hearsay grapevine communicator cat scandalmonger tattletale tattler