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| NOUN | 1 | gossip, chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie | Light informal conversation for social occasions |
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| 2 | gossip, comment, scuttlebutt | A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people | |
| 3 | gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger | A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others | |
| VERB | 1 | gossip, dish the dirt | Wag one's tongue |
| 2 | gossip, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit | Talk socially without exchanging too much information |
| Sounds | gaa'sahp |
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| Rhymes | archbishop, backup, bishop, and 63 more rhymes in ahp... |
| Meaning | Light informal conversation for social occasions. |
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| Synonyms | chitchat, small talk, gab, gabfest, tittle-tattle, chin-wag, chin-wagging, causerie |
| Broader | chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose |
| Adjectives | gossipy; gossipy |
| Verbs | gossip |
| Meaning | A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. |
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| Examples | "the divorce caused much gossip" |
| Synonyms | comment, scuttlebutt |
| Broader | report, account |
| Narrower | earful; rumor, rumour, hearsay; grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth; scandal, dirt, malicious gossip; talk, talk of the town |
| Verbs | gossip |
| Meaning | A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others. |
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| Synonyms | gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger |
| Broader | communicator |
| Narrower | cat; scandalmonger; tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth; yenta |
| Verbs | gossip |
| Meaning | Wag one's tongue. Speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | Sam and Sue gossip; Sam wants to gossip with Sue |
| Synonyms | dish the dirt |
| Broader | talk, speak |
| Narrower | rumor, rumour, bruit |
| Nouns | gossip, gossiper; gossiping; gossip |
| Meaning | Talk socially without exchanging too much information. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chatter, chaffer, natter, jaw, claver, visit |
| Broader | converse, discourse |
| Narrower | shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone |
| Nouns | gossip |
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