English noun: yenta | |||
1. | yenta (person) (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | shrew, termagant | ||
Domain category | Yiddish | ||
2. | yenta (person) (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger | ||
Domain category | Yiddish | ||