Gossip

/ˈɡɒsɪp/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
2. (uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
3. (uncountable) Idle conversation in general.
4. (uncountable) A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
5. (computing) Communication done using a gossip protocol.
6. (now only historical) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
7. (obsolete) A familiar acquaintance.
8. (obsolete) Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.

Example Sentences

Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.

A losing Gamester, who is obliged to drive into the City to dispose of a little South Sea Stock, gives the Hint there. The Gossips at Garraway’s have it in a Moment: At One it is buzz’d on Change, and the circulating Whisper in the Boxes interrupts the Play at Night.

He was an arrant old gossip, too; for ever coming off in his canoe to the ships in the bay, and regaling their crews with choice little morsels of court scandal […]

Alf could tell you about everybody on both sides of Main Street. He was a vicious male gossip, insatiably curious and vindictive without malice.

According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks.

I have a juicy piece of gossip to share with you.

[…] the thing is certainly true. It is not a mere bit of gossip. We have it from Frederick himself.

I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don’t adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]

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• gossips
• gossiping
• gossipping
• gossiped
• gossipped

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