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gos·sip

(gŏs′əp)
n.
1. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.
2. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.
3. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.
4. A close friend or companion.
5. Chiefly British A godparent.
intr.v. gos·siped, gos·sip·ing, gos·sips
To engage in or spread gossip: gossiped about the neighbors.
[Middle English godsib, gossip, godparent, from Old English godsibb : god, god; see god + sibb, kinsman; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
gos′sip·er n.
gos′sip·ry n.
gos′sip·y adj.
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gossip

(ˈɡɒsɪp)
n
1. casual and idle chat: to have a gossip with a friend.
2. a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people: a gossip about the neighbours.
3. Also called: gossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously
4. light easy communication: to write a letter full of gossip.
5. archaic a close woman friend
vb, -sips, -siping or -siped
(often foll by: about) to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)
[Old English godsibb godparent, from god + sib; the term came to be applied to familiar friends, esp a woman's female friends at the birth of a child, hence a person, esp a woman, fond of light talk]
ˈgossiper, ˈgossipper n
ˈgossiping n, adj
ˈgossipingly adv
ˈgossipy adj
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gos•sip

(ˈgɒs əp)

n., v. -siped -sipped, -sip•ing -sip•ping. n.
1. idle talk or rumor, esp. about the private affairs of others.
2. light, familiar talk or writing.
3. Also, gos′sip•er, gos′sip•per. a person given to tattling or idle talk.
4. Archaic. a friend, esp. a woman.
v.i.
5. to talk idly, esp. about others.
[before 1050; < Old English godsibb, orig. godparent =god God + sibb related; see sib]
gos′sip•y, adj.
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Gossip

  1. [News in the computer industry] as rife with rumor as the C.I.A. or the National Security Council —Erik Sandberg-Diment, New York Times, January 25, 1987
  2. Collected them [rumors] as a child might collect matchbooks —W. P. Kinsella
  3. Confirmed gossips are like connoisseurs of cheese; the stuff they relish must be stout —Holman Day
  4. Delivered more gossip than the National Enquirer —Joseph Wambaugh
  5. Far and wide the tale was told, like a snowball growing while it rolled —John Greenleaf Whittier
  6. Fond of gossip as an old woman —Ivan Turgenev
  7. An indiscreet man is like an unsealed letter, everybody can read it —Sebastian Shamfort
  8. Little words of speculation drone like bees in a bottle —Beryl Markham
  9. News as roaring in the air like a flight of bees —Truman Capote
  10. News … would have run like a pistol shot through Faithful House [the name of publishing business around which Swinnerton’s novel, Faithful Company, centers] —Frank Swinnerton
  11. Rumor … it had gone like a fire in dry grass —William Faulkner

    See Also: SPREADING

  12. Rumors [on Iranian arms scandal’s effect on Washington] are spreading like lava from a volcano —Senator Robert Byrd, CBS-TV news program, broadcast December 5th
  13. Rumors began to thicken like a terrible blizzard —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
  14. Rumors … flew like birds out of the unknown —Stephen Crane
  15. Rumors swirled around his name like the waters in a riptide —Peter De Vries
  16. Rumors that rush around … inflating as they go, like giant balloons until somebody comes along to prick them —Vita Sackville-West
  17. Scandal, like a kite, to fly well, depends greatly on the length of the tale it has to carry —Punch, 1854
  18. A secret in his [the gossip’s] mouth is like a wild bird put into a cage; whose door no sooner opens, but it is out —Ben Jonson
  19. Spits out secrets like hot custard —Thomas Fuller
  20. Stories, like dragons, are hard to kill … If the snake does not, the tale runs still —John Greenleaf Whittier
  21. Tale-bearers are as bad as the talemakers —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  22. Tell tales out of school like a child —Honoré de Balzac
  23. They come together like the coroner’s inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week —William Congreve
  24. They [a talkative family] fly around with news in their beaks like blue jays —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
  25. Traded in gossip the way grown-ups play the stock market —Nora Johnson This comparison by the teen-aged narrator in The World of Henry Orient would be equally apt without the reference to age.
  26. Trumpeting it [a secret] … like an elephant in heat —William Alfred
  27. The United States government leaks like a rusty tin can —David Brinkley, “This Week With David Brinkley,” ABC-TV, November 16, 1986
  28. Word gets around..it’s like jungle drums —George Axelrod
  29. Word of scandal spreads like a spot of oil —Marcel Proust
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gossip


Past participle: gossiped
Gerund: gossiping

Imperative
gossip
gossip
Present
I gossip
you gossip
he/she/it gossips
we gossip
you gossip
they gossip
Preterite
I gossiped
you gossiped
he/she/it gossiped
we gossiped
you gossiped
they gossiped
Present Continuous
I am gossiping
you are gossiping
he/she/it is gossiping
we are gossiping
you are gossiping
they are gossiping
Present Perfect
I have gossiped
you have gossiped
he/she/it has gossiped
we have gossiped
you have gossiped
they have gossiped
Past Continuous
I was gossiping
you were gossiping
he/she/it was gossiping
we were gossiping
you were gossiping
they were gossiping
Past Perfect
I had gossiped
you had gossiped
he/she/it had gossiped
we had gossiped
you had gossiped
they had gossiped
Future
I will gossip
you will gossip
he/she/it will gossip
we will gossip
you will gossip
they will gossip
Future Perfect
I will have gossiped
you will have gossiped
he/she/it will have gossiped
we will have gossiped
you will have gossiped
they will have gossiped
Future Continuous
I will be gossiping
you will be gossiping
he/she/it will be gossiping
we will be gossiping
you will be gossiping
they will be gossiping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gossiping
you have been gossiping
he/she/it has been gossiping
we have been gossiping
you have been gossiping
they have been gossiping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gossiping
you will have been gossiping
he/she/it will have been gossiping
we will have been gossiping
you will have been gossiping
they will have been gossiping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gossiping
you had been gossiping
he/she/it had been gossiping
we had been gossiping
you had been gossiping
they had been gossiping
Conditional
I would gossip
you would gossip
he/she/it would gossip
we would gossip
you would gossip
they would gossip
Past Conditional
I would have gossiped
you would have gossiped
he/she/it would have gossiped
we would have gossiped
you would have gossiped
they would have gossiped
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:gossip - light informal conversation for social occasions]gossip - light informal conversation for social occasions
chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
2. gossip - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
earful - an outpouring of gossip
hearsay, rumor, rumour - gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
malicious gossip, scandal, dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people
talk of the town, talk - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
3. gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
communicator - a person who communicates with others
cat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
scandalmonger - a person who spreads malicious gossip
blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale - someone who gossips indiscreetly
yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
Verb 1. gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt"
talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
bruit, rumor, rumour - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
2. [画像:gossip - talk socially without exchanging too much information]gossip - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
converse, discourse - carry on a conversation
jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
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gossip

noun
1. idle talk, scandal, hearsay, tittle-tattle, buzz, dirt (U.S. slang), jaw (slang), gen (Brit. informal), small talk, chitchat, blether, scuttlebutt (U.S. slang), chinwag (Brit. informal) There has been a lot of gossip about the reasons for his absence. a magazine packed with celebrity gossip
2. busybody, babbler, prattler, chatterbox (informal), blether, chatterer, scandalmonger, gossipmonger She was a vicious old gossip.
verb
1. chat, chatter, blather, schmooze (slang), jaw (slang), dish the dirt (informal), blether, shoot the breeze (slang, chiefly U.S.), chew the fat or rag (slang) We gossiped well into the night.
Quotations
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about" [Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray]
"Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those that diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker" [George Eliot Daniel Deronda]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

gossip

noun
1. Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others:
Slang: scuttlebutt.
2. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:
Slang: yenta.
verb
To engage in or spread gossip:
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Translations
ثَرثَرَه، حديثقِيلٌ و قَال قيل وقالمُحِب للقيل والقاليثرثر، يتحدَّث عن الآخرين
drbyklábositklepnaklepyklevetit
sladdersladderkællingsladresludresludre med
klaĉo
juorujuoruta
לרכלרכילות
tračtračati
pletykapletykafészektereferél
kjaftaskjóîaslúîra, segja kjaftasöguslúîur, kjaftasagaslúîur, spjallspjalla, slúîra
うわさ話うわさ話をする
가십수군거리다
apkalbosaukštuomenės kronikaliežuvautiliežuvautojasliežuvingas
papļāpāšanapapļāpātpļāpapļāpastenkas
klebetiťklebetnicaporozprávanie saporozprávať sa
klepetatiklepetuljaopravljanjeopravljati
skvallerskvallra
การนินทานินทา
buôn chuyệnchuyện phiếm

gossip

[ˈgɒsɪp]
A. N
1. (= scandal, malicious stories) → cotilleo m, chismorreo m
2. (= chatter) → charla f
we had a good old gossip → charlamos un buen rato
3. (= person) → cotilla mf, chismoso/a m/f
B. VI
1. (= scandalmonger) → cotillear, chismorrear
2. (= chatter) → charlar
C. CPD gossip column N → ecos mpl de sociedad
gossip columnist, gossip writer N → cronista mf de sociedad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

gossip

[ˈgɒsɪp]
n
(= talk) (in village, workplace, milieu) → commérages mpl, cancans mpl
Tell me the gossip! → Raconte-moi les cancans !
gossip about sb → des commérages sur qn
There's been a lot of gossip about it → Il y a eu beaucoup de cancans là-dessus.
a piece of gossip → un ragot, un racontar
(= chat) → bavardages mpl
(= person) → commère f
She's such a gossip! → C'est une vraie commère!
vi
(= chat) → bavarder
They were always gossiping → Elles étaient tout le temps en train de bavarder.
to gossip with sb → bavarder avec qn
to gossip about sb → cancaner sur qn, faire des commérages sur qn
They gossiped about her → Elles faisaient des commérages à son sujet.gossip column n → échos mplgossip columnist n → échotier/ière m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gossip

n
→ Klatsch m, → Tratsch m (inf); (= chat) → Schwatz m; to have a gossip with somebody → mit jdm schwatzen or plauschen (inf) → or klönen (N Ger); it started a lot of gossip → es gab Anlass zu vielem Gerede or Tratsch (inf) → or Klatsch ; office gossip → Bürotratsch m (inf)
(= person) → Klatschbase f
vi → schwatzen, plauschen (inf), → klönen (N Ger); (maliciously) → klatschen, tratschen (inf)

gossip

:
gossip column
n → Klatschkolumne or -spalte f
gossip columnist
n → Klatschkolumnist(in) m(f)

gossip

:
gossipmonger
n → Klatschmaul nt (inf)
gossipmongering
n → Klatscherei f, → Tratscherei f (inf)
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gossip

[ˈgɒsɪp]
1. n (talk) → chiacchiere fpl; (scandal) → pettegolezzi mpl; (person) → pettegolo/a, chiacchierone/a
a piece of gossip → un pettegolezzo
2. vi (talk) → chiacchierare
to gossip (about) (talk scandal) → fare pettegolezzi (su), chiacchierare (sul conto di)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

gossip

(ˈgosip) noun
1. talk about other people's affairs, not always truthful. I never pay any attention to gossip. skinderpraatjies قيل وقال клюка fofoca klepy der Klatsch sladder κουτσομπολιό chismes, chismorreo, cotilleo kuulujutt شایعه juoru commérages רכילות चुगली ogovaranje pletyka gunjingan slúður, kjaftasaga pettegolezzo うわさ話 험담, 소문 apkalbos, paskalos pļāpas; tenkas gosip roddel, achterklap sladder, folkesnakk plotki بې اساسه خبرې، اوازه، انګازه bisbilhotice bârfă сплетня klebeta opravljanje trač skvaller การนินทา dedikodu 流言蜚語,閒話 плітки, чутки گپ شپ chuyện tầm phào 流言蜚语,闲话
2. a chat. She dropped in for a cup of coffee and a gossip. vrouepraatjies ثَرثَرَه، حديث сладки приказки dois dedos de prosa popovídání die Plauderei snak κουβέντα charla, conversación jutuajamine گپ juttelu brin de causette שִׂיחַת רְכִילוּת गपशप razgovor, priča csevegés obrolan slúður, spjall chiacchierata おしゃべり 수다 paplepėjimas papļāpāšana sembang babbel, praatje prat pogawędka خبرې dois dedos de prosa taifas болтовня porozprávanie sa klepet tračarenje pratstund, småpratande การพูดคุย sohbet, gevezelik 閒聊 балачки گفتگو tán gẫu 闲聊
3. a person who listens to and passes on gossip. She's a dreadful gossip. babbelaar مُحِب للقيل والقال клюкар fofoqueiro klepna die Klatschbase sladderkælling κουτσομπόλης chismoso, cotilla lobamokk آدم شایعه پراکن juorukello commère רכלן, רכלנית गप्पिया, गप्पी tračer pletykafészek tukang bergunjing kjaftaskjóða pettegolo おしゃべり 남의 일을 말하기 좋아하는 사람 liežuvautojas pļāpa; tenku vācele kaki umpat roddelaar sladrebøtte, sladderhank plotkarz خبری سړی bisbilhoteiro bârfitor сплетник klebetnica klepetulja tračara pratmakare, skvallerkärring คนชอบนินทา dedikoducu 愛說長道短的人 плетун; плетуха ادھر کی ادھر کرنے والا شخص người thích chuyện tầm phào 爱传流言蜚语的人
verb
1. to pass on gossip. skinder ينقُل القيل والقال клюкарствам fofocar klevetit klatschen sladre chismorrear, cotillear taga rääkima شایعه پراکندن juoruilla commérer לְרָכֵל चुगली करना tračati pletykál bergunjing slúðra, segja kjaftasögu pettegolare うわさ話をする 험담을 퍼뜨리다 liežuvauti tenkot mengumpat roddelen sladre, skvaldre plotkować بې اساسه شايعات خپرول،انګازې اچول bisbilhotar a bârfi сплетничать klebetiť opravljati tračariti skvallra นินทา dedikodu yapmak 散播謠言 розпускати плітки افواہ پھیلانا nói chuyện tầm phào 传播流言蜚语
2. to chat. gesels يثرثر، يتحدَّث عن الآخرين побъбрям си bater papo povídat si plaudern sludre; snakke charlar, conversar lobisema گپ زدن jutella bavarder לְשוֹחֵח गपशप करना razgovarati tereferél mengobrol spjalla, slúðra chiacchierare おしゃべりする 잡담하다 paplepėti papļāpāt bersembang babbelen, kwebbelen sludre, koseprate gawędzić خبری کول cavaquear a sta la taifas, a pălăvrăgi болтать porozprávať sa klepetati ćaskati småprata, kallprata พูดคุย sohbet etmek 閒聊 теревенити بات چیت کرنا tán gẫu; nói chuyện phiếm 闲聊
ˈgossipy adjective
fond of gossiping. gossipy neighbours. babbelsieke, kletserige, loslippige مُحب للقيل والقال пълен с клюки fofoqueiro upovídaný tratschsüchtig sladderagtig κουτσομπόλικος chismoso klatðihimuline حرف مفت زن juoruileva cancanier אוֹהָבֵי רְכִילוּת गप्प प्रिय tračljiv pletykás suka bergunjing slúðurgjarn pettegolo うわさ話の好きな 수다스러운 liežuvingas, mėgstantis apkalbėti pļāpīgs; tenkojošs suka mengumpat roddelend sladderaktig plotkarski هغه خبرې چې واقعيت يې معلوم نه ويو داډول خپرې كونكى، چغولګو bisbilhoteiro palavragiu любящий посплетничать zhovorčivý, ukecaný klepetav koji voli da tračari skvallrig ชอบซุบซิบนินทา dedikoducu 愛說長道短的 такий, що любить плести плітки گپوڑی thích ngồi lê đôi mách 爱闲聊的
gossip column
an article in a newspaper etc containing gossip about famous people. skinderkolom عمود حديث المجتمع في جريده клюкарска колонка във вестник coluna social společenská rubrika die Klatschspalte sladderspalte στήλη κουτσομπολιού crónica de sociedad seltskonnakroonika ستون شایعات juorupalsta échos טוּר רְכִילוּת गोसिप स्तंभ tračerska rubrika pletykarovat kolom gunjingan kjaftasögudálkur, slúðurdálkur colonna degli avvenimenti mondani ゴシップ欄 가십란 aukštuomenės kronika augstāko aprindu hronika (sleja laikrakstā) ruangan gosip roddelrubriek sladre-/sosietetsspalte kronika towarzyska بی اساس خبری coluna social cro­ni­că mondenă колонка светской хроники spoločenská rubrika rubrika za trač tračerska rubrika skvallerspalt คอลัมน์ซุบซิบ dedikodu sütunu 名人軼事欄 рубрика світських хронік اخبار کا ایک مقالہ جس میں مشہور لوگوں کے متعلق گپ شپ ہوتی ہے mục lượm lặt 随笔闲谈栏
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gossip

→ قِيلٌ و قَال , يَنْهَمِكُ في القِيلِ والقَال drby, klábosit sladder, sludre med Klatsch , schwatzen κουτσομπολεύω , κουτσομπολιό chisme , chismorrear , cotillear , cotilleo juoru, juoruta cancaner , ragot trač, tračati pettegolezzo , spettegolare うわさ話, うわさ話をする 가십, 수군거리다 roddelen , roddeltje sladder , sladre oplotkować , plotka fofoca , fofocar сплетничать , сплетня skvaller, skvallra การนินทา, นินทา dedikodu , dedikodu yapmak buôn chuyện, chuyện phiếm 说闲话 , 闲话
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