English noun: gossip |
1. | gossip (communication) light informal conversation for social occasions |
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| Synonyms | causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| Broader (hypernym) | chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
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2. | gossip (communication) a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people |
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| Samples | The divorce caused much gossip.
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| Synonyms | comment, scuttlebutt |
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| Broader (hypernym) | account, report |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | dirt, earful, grapevine, hearsay, malicious gossip, pipeline, rumor, rumour, scandal, talk, talk of the town, word of mouth |
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3. | gossip (person) a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
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| Synonyms | gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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| Broader (hypernym) | communicator |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blabbermouth, cat, scandalmonger, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale, yenta |
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English verb: gossip |
1. | gossip (communication) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies |
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| Samples | She won't dish the dirt.
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| Examples | Sam and Sue gossip, Sam wants to gossip with Sue |
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| Synonyms | dish the dirt |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP |
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| Broader (hypernym) | speak, talk |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bruit, rumor, rumour |
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2. | gossip (communication) talk socially without exchanging too much information |
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| Samples | The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze.
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| Synonyms | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s |
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| Broader (hypernym) | converse, discourse |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze |
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