gossip

gos·sip  (gsp)

n.

1. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.

2. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.

3. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

4. A close friend or companion.

5. Chiefly British A godparent.

intr.v. gos·siped, gos·sip·ing, gos·sips

To engage in or spread gossip.

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[Middle English godsib, gossip, godparent, from Old English godsibb : god, god; see god + sibb, kinsman; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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gossip·er n.

gossip·ry n.

gossip·y adj.

Synonyms: gossip, blab, tattle
These verbs mean to engage in or communicate idle, indiscreet talk: gossiping about the neighbors; can't keep a secrethe always blabs; is disliked for tattling on mischief-makers.

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gossip [ˈgɒsɪp]

n

1. casual and idle chat to have a gossip with a friend

2. a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people a gossip about the neighbours

3. Also called gossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously

4. light easy communication to write a letter full of gossip

5. Archaic a close woman friend

vb -sips, -siping, -siped

(intr; often foll by about) to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)

[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]

gossiper  n

gossiping  n & adj

gossipingly  adv

gossipy  adj

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Gossip 

1. [News in the computer industry] as rife with rumor as the C.I.A. or the National Security Council —Erik Sandberg-Diment, New York Times, January 25, 1987
2. Collected them [rumors] as a child might collect matchbooks —W. P. Kinsella
3. Confirmed gossips are like connoisseurs of cheese; the stuff they relish must be stout —Holman Day
4. Delivered more gossip than the National Enquirer —Joseph Wambaugh
5. Far and wide the tale was told, like a snowball growing while it rolled —John Greenleaf Whittier
6. Fond of gossip as an old woman —Ivan Turgenev
7. An indiscreet man is like an unsealed letter, everybody can read it —Sebastian Shamfort
8. Little words of speculation drone like bees in a bottle —Beryl Markham
9. News as roaring in the air like a flight of bees —Truman Capote
10. News … would have run like a pistol shot through Faithful House [the name of publishing business around which Swinnerton’s novel, Faithful Company, centers] —Frank Swinnerton
11. Rumor … it had gone like a fire in dry grass —William Faulkner

    See Also: SPREADING

12. Rumors [on Iranian arms scandal’s effect on Washington] are spreading like lava from a volcano —Senator Robert Byrd, CBS-TV news program, broadcast December 5th
13. Rumors began to thicken like a terrible blizzard —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
14. Rumors … flew like birds out of the unknown —Stephen Crane
15. Rumors swirled around his name like the waters in a riptide —Peter De Vries
16. Rumors that rush around … inflating as they go, like giant balloons until somebody comes along to prick them —Vita Sackville-West
17. Scandal, like a kite, to fly well, depends greatly on the length of the tale it has to carry —Punch, 1854
18. A secret in his [the gossip’s] mouth is like a wild bird put into a cage; whose door no sooner opens, but it is out —Ben Jonson
19. Spits out secrets like hot custard —Thomas Fuller
20. Stories, like dragons, are hard to kill … If the snake does not, the tale runs still —John Greenleaf Whittier
21. Tale-bearers are as bad as the talemakers —Richard Brinsley Sheridan
22. Tell tales out of school like a child —Honoré de Balzac
23. They come together like the coroner’s inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week —William Congreve
24. They [a talkative family] fly around with news in their beaks like blue jays —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
25. Traded in gossip the way grown-ups play the stock market —Nora Johnson This comparison by the teen-aged narrator in The World of Henry Orient would be equally apt without the reference to age.
26. Trumpeting it [a secret] … like an elephant in heat —William Alfred
27. The United States government leaks like a rusty tin can —David Brinkley, “This Week With David Brinkley,” ABC-TV, November 16, 1986
28. Word gets around..it’s like jungle drums —George Axelrod
29. Word of scandal spreads like a spot of oil —Marcel Proust

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gossip - light informal conversation for social occasions causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze - an informal conversation
	2.	gossip - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" scuttlebutt, comment report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple" earful - an outpouring of gossip hearsay, rumor, rumour - gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth - gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth" malicious gossip, scandal, dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people talk of the town, talk - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
	3.	gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger communicator - a person who communicates with others cat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!" scandalmonger - a person who spreads malicious gossip blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale - someone who gossips indiscreetly yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
Verb	1.	gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" dish the dirt talk, speak - exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" bruit, rumor, rumour - tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
	2.	gossip - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, confabulate, chatter, visit converse, discourse - carry on a conversation jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

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gossip

noun

1. idle talk, scandal, hearsay, tittle-tattle, buzz, dirt (U.S. slang), jaw (slang), gen (Brit. informal), small talk, chitchat, blether, scuttlebutt (U.S. slang), chinwag (Brit. informal) There has been a lot of gossip about the reasons for his absence. a magazine packed with celebrity gossip

2. busybody, babbler, prattler, chatterbox (informal), blether, chatterer, scandalmonger, gossipmonger She was a vicious old gossip.

verb

chat, chatter, blather, schmooze (slang), jaw (slang), dish the dirt (informal), blether, shoot the breeze (slang, chiefly U.S.), chew the fat or rag (slang) We gossiped well into the night.

Quotations
"There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about" [Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray]
"Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those that diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker" [George Eliot Daniel Deronda]

Translations

gossip [ˈgɒsɪp]

A. N

1. (= scandal, malicious stories) → cotilleo m, chismorreo m

2. (= chatter) → charla f
we had a good old gossip → charlamos un buen rato

3. (= person) → cotilla mf, chismoso/a m/f

B. VI

1. (= scandalmonger) → cotillear, chismorrear

2. (= chatter) → charlar

C. CPD gossip column N → ecos mpl de sociedad
gossip columnist, gossip writer N → cronista mf de sociedad

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gossip [ˈgɒsɪp]

n

(= talk) (in village, workplace, milieu) → commérages mpl, cancans mpl
Tell me the gossip! → Raconte-moi les cancans !
gossip about sb → des commérages sur qn
There's been a lot of gossip about it → Il y a eu beaucoup de cancans là-dessus.
a piece of gossip → un ragot, un racontar

(= chat) → bavardages mpl

(= person) → commère f
She's such a gossip! → C'est une vraie commère!

vi

(= chat) → bavarder
They were always gossiping → Elles étaient tout le temps en train de bavarder.
to gossip with sb → bavarder avec qn

to gossip about sb → cancaner sur qn, faire des commérages sur qn
They gossiped about her → Elles faisaient des commérages à son sujet.
gossip column n → échos mpl
gossip columnist n → échotier/ière m/f

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gossip

n

→ Klatsch m, → Tratsch m (inf); (= chat) → Schwatz m; to have a gossip with somebody → mit jdm schwatzen or plauschen (inf) → or klönen (N Ger); it started a lot of gossip → es gab Anlass zu vielem Gerede or Tratsch (inf) → or Klatsch; office gossip → Bürotratsch m (inf)

(= person) → Klatschbase f

vi → schwatzen, plauschen (inf), → klönen (N Ger); (maliciously) → klatschen, tratschen (inf)

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gossip:

gossip column

n → Klatschkolumne or -spalte f

gossip columnist

n → Klatschkolumnist(in) m(f)

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gossip:

gossipmonger

n → Klatschmaul nt (inf)

gossipmongering

n → Klatscherei f, → Tratscherei f (inf)

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gossip [ˈgɒsɪp]

1. n (talk) → chiacchiere fpl; (scandal) → pettegolezzi mpl; (person) → pettegolo/a, chiacchierone/a
a piece of gossip → un pettegolezzo

2. vi (talk) → chiacchierare
to gossip (about) (talk scandal) → fare pettegolezzi (su), chiacchierare (sul conto di)

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gossip

n gossip [ˈgosip]

1 talk about other people's affairs, not always truthful I never pay any attention to gossip. skinderpraatjies قيل وقال клюка klepy sladder der Klatsch κουτσομπολιό chismes, chismorreo, cotilleo kuulujutt شایعه juoru commérages רְכִילוּת चुगली ogovaranje pletyka gunjingan slúður, kjaftasaga pettegolezzo うわさ話 험담, 소문 apkalbos, paskalos pļāpas; tenkas gosip roddel, achterklap sladder, folkesnakk plotki bisbilhotice bârfă сплетня klebeta opravljanje trač skvaller การนินทา dedikodu 流言蜚語, 閑話 плітки, чутки گپ شپ chuyện tầm phào 流言蜚语, 闲话

2 a chat She dropped in for a cup of coffee and a gossip. vrouepraatjies ثَرثَرَه، حديث сладки приказки popovídání snak die Plauderei κουβέντα charla, conversación jutuajamine گپ juttelu brin de causette שִׂיחַת רְכִילוּת गपशप razgovor, priča csevegés obrolan slúður, spjall chiacchierata おしゃべり 수다 paplepėjimas papļāpāšana sembang babbel, praatje prat pogawędka dois dedos de prosa taifas болтовня porozprávanie sa klepet tračarenje pratstund, småpratande (คำ) ซุบซิบ sohbet, gevezelik 閑聊 балачки گفتگو tán gẫu 闲聊

3 a person who listens to and passes on gossip She's a dreadful gossip. babbelaar مُحِب للقيل والقال клюкар klepna sladderkælling die Klatschbase κουτσομπόλης chismoso, cotilla lobamokk آدم شایعه پراکن juorukello commère רַכלָן, רַכלָנִית गप्पिया, गप्पी tračer pletykafészek tukang bergunjing kjaftaskjóða pettegolo おしゃべり 남의 일을 말하기 좋아하는 사람 liežuvautojas pļāpa; tenku vācele kaki umpat sladrebøtte, sladderhank plotkarz bisbilhoteiro bârfitor сплетник klebetnica klepetulja tračara pratmakare, skvallerkärring คนชอบนินทา dedikoducu 愛道長短的人 плетун; плетуха ادھر کی ادھر کرنے والا شخص người thích chuyện tầm phào 爱传流言蜚语的人

v

1 to pass on gossip. skinder ينقُل القيل والقال клюкарствам klevetit sladre klatschen chismorrear, cotillear taga rääkima شایعه پراکندن juoruilla commérer לְרָכֵל चुगली करना tračati pletykál bergunjing slúðra, segja kjaftasögu pettegolare うわさ話をする 험담을 퍼뜨리다 liežuvauti tenkot mengumpat roddelen sladre, skvaldre plotkować bisbilhotar a bârfi сплетничать klebetiť opravljati tračariti skvallra นินทา dedikodu yapmak 散播謠言 розпускати плітки افواہ پھیلانا nói chuyện tầm phào 传播流言蜚语

2 to chat. gesels يثرثر، يتحدَّث عن الآخرين побъбрям си povídat si sludre; snakke plaudern charlar, conversar lobisema گپ زدن jutella bavarder לְשוֹחֵח गपशप करना razgovarati tereferél mengobrol spjalla, slúðra chiacchierare おしゃべりする 잡담하다 paplepėti papļāpāt bersembang babbelen, kwebbelen sludre, koseprate gawędzić cavaquear a sta la taifas, a pălăvrăgi болтать porozprávať sa klepetati ćaskati småprata, kallprata ซุบซิบ sohbet etmek 閑聊 теревенити بات چیت کرنا tán gẫu; nói chuyện phiếm 闲聊

adj gossipy

fond of gossiping gossipy neighbours. babbelsieke, kletserige, loslippige مُحب للقيل والقال пълен с клюки upovídaný sladderagtig tratschsüchtig κουτσομπόλικος chismoso klatðihimuline حرف مفت زن juoruileva cancanier אוֹהָבֵי רְכִילוּת गप्प प्रिय tračljiv pletykás suka bergunjing slúðurgjarn pettegolo うわさ話の好きな 수다스러운 liežuvingas, mėgstantis apkalbėti pļāpīgs; tenkojošs suka mengumpat roddelend sladderaktig plotkarski bisbilhoteiro palavragiu любящий посплетничать zhovorčivý, ukecaný klepetav koji voli da tračari skvallrig ซึ่งซุบซิบ dedikoducu 愛道長短的 такий, що любить плести плітки گپوڑی thích ngồi lê đôi mách 爱闲聊的

gossip column

an article in a newspaper etc containing gossip about famous people. skinderkolom عمود حديث المجتمع في جريده клюкарска колонка във вестник společenská rubrika sladderspalte die Klatschspalte στήλη κουτσομπολιού crónica de sociedad seltskonnakroonika ستون شایعات juorupalsta échos טוּר רְכִילוּת गोसिप स्तंभ tračerska rubrika pletykarovat kolom gunjingan kjaftasögudálkur, slúðurdálkur colonna degli avvenimenti mondani ゴシップ欄 가십란 aukštuomenės kronika augstāko aprindu hronika (sleja laikrakstā) ruangan gosip roddelrubriek sladre-/sosietetsspalte kronika towarzyska coluna social cro­ni­că mondenă колонка светской хроники spoločenská rubrika rubrika za trač tračerska rubrika skvallerspalt คอลัมน์ซุบซิบ dedikodu sütunu 名人軼事欄 рубрика світських хронік اخبار کا ایک مقالہ جس میں مشہور لوگوں کے متعلق گپ شپ ہوتی ہے mục lượm lặt 随笔闲谈栏

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gossip → نَميمة, يَنْهَمك في القيل والقال pomluvit, pomluvy sladder, sludre med Klatsch, schwatzen κουτσομπολεύω, κουτσομπολιό chisme, chismorrear, cotillear, cotilleo juoru, juoruta cancaner, ragot glasine, tračati pettegolezzo, spettegolare うわさ話, うわさ話をする 가십, 수군거리다 roddelen, roddeltje sladder, sladre oplotkować, plotka fofoca, fofocar сплетничать, сплетня skvaller, skvallra การนินทา, นินทา dedikodu, dedikodu yapmak buôn chuyện, chuyện phiếm 说闲话, 闲话