gossip : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gossip	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for gossip
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gossip n light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie] a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" Synonym(s): gossip, comment, scuttlebutt a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others Synonym(s): gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger v wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" Synonym(s): dish the dirt, gossip talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonym(s): chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gossip \Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gossiped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gossiping}.] 1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak. 3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gossip \Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS. godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[be] assembly.] 1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. --Selden. 2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak. 3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden. 4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. --Tennyson.