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gossip
noun
1 gossip
Light informal conversation for social occasions.
synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle ... show more.
Roget 588:
conversation,
interlocution;
collocution†,
colloquy,
converse,
confabulation,
talk,
discourse,
verbal intercourse;
oral communication,
commerce;
dialogue,
duologue,
trialogue.
causerie,
chat,
chitchat;
small talk,
table talk,
teatable talk†,
town talk,
village talk,
idle talk;
tattle,
gossip,
tittle-tattle;
babble,
babblement†;
tripotage†,
cackle,
prittle-prattle†,
cancan,
on dit [Fr.];
talk of the town,
talk of the village.
conference,
parley,
interview,
audience,
pourparler;
tete-a-tete;
reception,
conversazione [It];
congress
etc.
(council)
696;
powwow [U.S.].
hall of audience,
durbar†.
palaver,
debate,
logomachy†,
war of words.
gossip,
tattler;
Paul Pry;
tabby;
chatterer
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
interlocutor
etc.
(spokesman)
582;
conversationist†,
dialogist†.
the feast of reason and the flow of soul"
[Pope];
mollia tempora fandi [Lat.].
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Roget 584:
loquacity,
loquaciousness;
talkativeness
etc.
adj.;
garrulity;
multiloquence†,
much speaking.
jaw;
gabble;
jabber,
chatter;
prate,
prattle,
cackle,
clack;
twaddle,
twattle,
rattle;
caquet†,
caquetterie [Fr.];
blabber,
bavardage†,
bibble-babble†,
gibble-gabble†;
small talk
etc.
(converse)
588.
fluency,
flippancy,
volubility,
flowing,
tongue;
flow of words;
flux de bouche [Fr.],
flux de mots [Fr.];
copia verborum [Lat.],
cacoethes loquendi [Lat.];
furor loquendi [Lat.];
verbosity
etc.
(diffuseness)
573;
gift of the gab
etc.
(eloquence)
582.
talker;
chatterer,
chatterbox;
babbler
etc.
v.;
rattle;
ranter;
sermonizer,
proser†,
driveler;
blatherskite [U.S.];
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
magpie,
jay,
parrot,
poll,
Babel;
moulin a paroles [Fr.].
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Dutch: gekakel, geklets, gebabbel
Polish: gadka szmatka
2 gossip
A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people:
— The divorce caused much gossip.
synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt.
Dutch: achterklap, geklets, geroddel, gerucht, gesmoes, kletspraat, kletspraatje, konkelarij, roddel, roddelpraat, roddelpraatje ... show more
Polish: szmermel
3 gossip
A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.
synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger.
Roget 455:
interest,
thirst for knowledge,
thirst for truth;
curiosity,
curiousness;
inquiring mind;
inquisitiveness.
omnivorous intellect,
devouring mind.
[person who desires knowledge]
inquirer;
sightseer;
quidnunc [Lat.],
newsmonger,
Paul Pry,
eavesdropper;
gossip
etc.
(news)
532;
rubberneck;
intellectual;
seeker
[inquirer after religious knowledge],
seeker after truth.
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Roget 532:
news;
information
etc.
527;
piece of news [Fr.],
budget of news,
budget of information;
intelligence,
tidings.
word,
advice,
aviso [Sp.],
message;
dispatch,
despatch;
telegram,
cable,
marconigram†,
wire,
communication,
errand,
embassy.
report,
rumor,
hearsay,
on dit [Fr.],
flying rumor,
news stirring,
cry,
buzz,
bruit,
fame;
talk,
oui dire [Fr.],
scandal,
eavesdropping;
town tattle,
table talk;
tittle tattle;
canard,
topic of the day,
idea afloat.
bulletin,
fresh news,
stirring news;
glad tidings;
flash,
news just in;
on-the-spot coverage;
live coverage.
old story,
old news,
stale news,
stale story;
chestnut [Slang].
narrator
etc.
(describe)
594;
newsmonger,
scandalmonger;
talebearer,
telltale,
gossip,
tattler.
[study of news reporting]
journalism.
[methods of conveying news]
media,
news media,
the press,
the information industry;
newspaper,
magazine,
tract,
journal,
gazette,
publication
etc.
531;
radio,
television,
ticker
(electronic information transmission).
[organizations producing news reports]
[methods of conveying news]
United Press International,
UPI;
Associated Press,
AP;
The Dow Jones News Service,
DJ;
The New York Times News Service,
NYT;
Reuters [Brit.];
TASS [Rus.];
The Nikkei [Jap.].
[person reporting news as a profession]
newscaster,
newsman,
newswoman,
reporter,
journalist,
correspondent,
foreign correspondent,
special correspondent,
war correspondent,
news team,
news department;
anchorman,
anchorwoman†;
sportscaster;
weatherman.
[officials providing news for an organization]
press secretary,
public relations department,
public relations man.
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Dutch: kletspraatje, roddelaarster, roddelaar, quatsch, geklets, kletspraat, roddel, nieuwsjager, nieuwtjesjager
Polish: obmówca, plotkarz
verb
1 gossip
Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies.
synonym: dish the dirt.
2 gossip
Talk socially without exchanging too much information.
synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit ... show more.
Roget 588:
talk together,
converse,
confabulate;
hold on a conversation,
carry on a conversation,
join in a conversation,
engage in a conversation;
put in a word;
shine in conversation;
bandy words;
parley;
palaver;
chat,
gossip,
tattle;
prate
etc.
(loquacity)
584;
powwow [U.S.].
discourse with,
confer with,
commune with,
commerce with;
hold converse,
hold conference,
hold intercourse;
talk it over;
be closeted with;
talk with one in private,
tete-a-tete.
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Roget 584:
be loquacious
etc.
adj.;
talk glibly,
pour forth,
patter;
prate,
palaver,
prose,
chatter,
prattle,
clack,
jabber,
jaw;
blather,
blatter†,
blether†;
rattle,
rattle on;
twaddle,
twattle;
babble,
gabble;
outtalk;
talk oneself out of breath,
talk oneself hoarse;
expatiate
etc.
(speak at length)
573;
gossip
etc.
(converse)
588;
din in the ears
etc.
(repeat)
104;
talk at random,
talk nonsense
etc.
497;
be hoarse with talking.
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Dutch: pruttelen, babbelen, kletsen, zwetsen, chatten, chat
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