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1. a. dialectal British : godparent. b. : companion, crony. c. : a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others. the worst gossip in town. 2. a. : rumor or report of an intimate nature. spreading gossip about their divorce. b. : a chatty talk. c. : the subject matter of gossip. Their breakup was common gossip. gossipry.
gossip. noun. uk / ˈɡɒs.ɪp / us / ˈɡɑː.səp /. Add to word list. Add to word list. B2 [ S or U ] conversation or reports about other people's private lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true: Her letter was full of gossip. idle gossip I don't like all this idle gossip.
Gossip definition: idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others. See examples of GOSSIP used in a sentence.
3 days ago · 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.
[uncountable] (usually disapproving) informal talk or stories about other people’s private lives, which may be unkind or not true. Don't believe all the gossip you hear. Tell me all the latest gossip! The gossip was that he had lost a fortune on the stock exchange. He knows all the juicy gossip.
noun. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others. synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger. see more. noun. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. “the divorce caused much gossip ” synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt. see more. verb.
1. Gossip, scandal apply to idle talk and newsmongering about the affairs of others. Gossip is light chat or talk: to trade gossip about the neighbors. Scandal is rumor or general talk that is damaging to reputation; it is usually more or less malicious: The town never lived down the election scandal. Other words for gossip.
