GOSSIP Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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gossip

[ gos-uhp ]

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noun

idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others:
the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
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light, familiar talk or writing.
Also gossiper, gossipper. a person given to tattling or idle talk.
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Chiefly British Dialect. a godparent.
Archaic. a friend, especially a woman.

verb (used without object)

gossiped or gossipped, gossiping or gossipping.

to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.
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verb (used with object)

gossiped or gossipped, gossiping or gossipping.

Chiefly British Dialect. to stand godparent to.
Archaic. to repeat like a gossip.

gossip

/ 藞伞蓲蝉瑟辫 /

noun

casual and idle chat
to have a gossip with a friend
a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people
a gossip about the neighbours
Also calledgossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously
light easy communication
to write a letter full of gossip
archaic.
a close woman friend

verb

introften foll byabout to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)

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Derived Forms

藞驳辞蝉蝉颈辫颈苍驳濒测, adverb
藞驳辞蝉蝉颈辫颈苍驳, nounadjective
藞驳辞蝉蝉颈辫测, adjective
藞驳辞蝉蝉颈辫别谤, noun

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

驳辞蝉路蝉颈辫路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
颈苍路迟别谤路驳辞蝉路蝉颈辫 verb intergossiped or intergossipped intergossiping or intergossipping
耻苍路驳辞蝉路蝉颈辫路颈苍驳 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gossip¹

First recorded before 1050; Middle English gossib, godsib(be), Old English godsibb, originally 鈥済odparent,鈥� equivalent to god + sibb 鈥渞别濒补迟别诲鈥�; god, sib

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gossip¹

Old English godsibb godparent, from god + sib ; the term came to be applied to familiar friends, esp a woman's female friends at the birth of a child, hence a person, esp a woman, fond of light talk

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Synonym Study

Gossip, scandal apply to idle talk and newsmongering about the affairs of others. Gossip is light chat or talk: to trade gossip about the neighbors. Scandal is rumor or general talk that is damaging to reputation; it is usually more or less malicious: The town never lived down the election scandal.

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He shares family stories of growing up in the South at the start of the civil rights movement and dishes celebrity gossip about some of the biggest names in sports and broadcasting.

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Nick鈥檚 energized romantic do-si-do destabilizes the group, and gives them something new to gossip about and compare their own lives with as they wobble through the ensuing year.

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She changed the subject and wanted to talk about neighborhood gossip instead.

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Up until the gossip podcast launched, Lilly had been open about her life online.

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Burns鈥� cyclical, sardonic prose underscores the unnamed narrator鈥檚 defenselessness against neighborhood gossip that marks the Milkman鈥檚 unwanted attentions as consensual.

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