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gossip: siwitsiwit; tabitabi


Glosses: (~ related words)
gossip
n. (communication)1. causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattlelight informal conversation for social occasions.
~ chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmoozean informal conversation.
n. (communication)2. comment, gossip, scuttlebutta report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.; "the divorce caused much gossip"
~ report, accountthe act of informing by verbal report.; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
~ earfulan outpouring of gossip.
~ hearsay, rumor, rumourgossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
~ grapevine, pipeline, word of mouthgossip spread by spoken communication.; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"
~ malicious gossip, scandal, dirtdisgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people.
~ talk of the town, talkidle gossip or rumor.; "there has been talk about you lately"
n. (person)3. gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmongera person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
~ communicatora person who communicates with others.
~ cata spiteful woman gossip.; "what a cat she is!"
~ scandalmongera person who spreads malicious gossip.
~ blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltalesomeone 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.
v. (communication)4. dish the dirt, gossipwag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies.; "She won't dish the dirt"
~ talk, speakexchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
~ bruit, rumor, rumourtell or spread rumors.; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
v. (communication)5. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visittalk socially without exchanging too much information.; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
~ converse, discoursecarry on a conversation.
~ jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmoozetalk idly or casually and in a friendly way.