to gossip
27
1.3
- verb
- /ˈɡɑːsɪp/
- Informal
:
chismear
- And I always say that if someone gossips to you, they will gossip about you.
That means I have lots of time to to gossip.
- That means I have lots of time to to gossip.
- So the first thing not to do is gossip.
- We we want to, we want to peek in and gossip.
- And the pastor was saying that kindness is a choice, that kindness doesn't gossip, that kindness is a strength.
- But my first question and spoilery content part is can we just kind of gossip about Dean for a second?
- They cooperated, but we then gave them a chance to say, well, do you want to gossip?
- And let's face it, any friend who is remotely mature or astute will know that if you're gossiping to them, you're also gossiping about them.
- Different was surrounding myself around knucklehead friends that gossiped all the time and then surrounding myself around a different environment.
- People say, oh, don't gossip, you know, but right, speech has a lot to do with how we talk to ourselves.
- Tricky thoughts, judgmental thoughts, instinct to gossip.
Examples
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They like to gossip.
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They often gossip about their classmates during lunch.
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Well, some of the kids like to kind of gossip with me.
Academic text (2008) -
-You know he and his wife like to gossip.
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Afterward, the three of us would clean the kitchen and gossip about the guests.
Fiction book (1991) -
The young women gossip about him and refuse to date him.
Academic text (2009) -
-I gossip when I'm bored.
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- That's why I try not to gossip.
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In our case, we gossip about our classmates and how they're faring in the real world.
Fiction book (1995) -
Let's not gossip, Randall.
Synonyms
22
6.8
To talk about other people's private lives
14
3.4
Talk excitedly about something, often sharing news or rumors
3
5.3
Tell secret information carelessly to others
1
7.1
To talk a lot about small unimportant things, often about other people
1
8.5
To tell private or bad things about someone to other people
1
9.9
To spread a rumor widely among people
To have a light friendly chat about unimportant things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
4
4.2
A journalist who writes regular stories about celebrities, often using rumors
How Private
- Informal
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1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.3
- Informal
27
1.3
- US
74
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb gossip comes from the same Old English godsibb, which first named people who chatted at family events, so to gossip now means to do the same thing and talk about other people's private lives.