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Gossip
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business. countable
"Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip."
- 2 light informal conversation for social occasions wordnet
- 3 Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present. uncountable
"According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks."
- 4 a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people wordnet
- 5 Idle conversation in general. uncountable
"The parlor was always bright and attractive, the chessboard ready, the piano in tune, plenty of gay gossip, and a nice little supper set forth in tempting style."
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- 6 a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others wordnet
- 7 A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities. uncountable
"a gossip columnist"
- 8 Communication done using a gossip protocol. countable, uncountable
- 9 A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild. countable, historical, uncountable
"’tis not a maid, for she hath had gossips [i.e. she could not be a virgin, because she has children with godparents]"
- 10 A familiar acquaintance. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal: I thank ye heartily;"
- 11 Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"What, ho, gossip Ford! what, ho!"
- 1 To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information. intransitive
"This Place then is no other than the Chandler’s Shop; the known Seat of all the News; or, as it is vulgarly called, Gossiping, in every Parish in England."
- 2 talk socially without exchanging too much information wordnet
- 3 To talk idly. intransitive
"[…] on seats beneath the trees, the old men group of an evening to drink their ale and gossip over village politics;"
- 4 wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies wordnet
- 5 To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for. obsolete
"[…] a world Of pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms [i.e. Christian names], That blinking Cupid gossips."
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- 6 To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry. obsolete
"[…] those baby eyes That never saw the giant world enraged; Nor met with fortune other than at feasts, Full of warm blood, of mirth, of gossiping."
- 7 To communicate using a gossip protocol. intransitive
Etymology
From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.
From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.
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