English to English
gossip
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noun (n)
- light informal conversation for social occasions(noun.communication)Synonym:
causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattlesource: wordnet30 - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people(noun.communication)Example:
The divorce caused much gossip.
source: wordnet30 - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
- talk socially without exchanging too much information(verb.communication)Synonym:
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visitsource: wordnet30 - To stand sponsor to.(verb)source: webster1913
- To make merry.(verb)source: webster1913