yentas

yen·ta (y

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n. Slang

A person, especially a woman, who is meddlesome or gossipy.

[Yiddish yente, back-formation from the woman's name Yente, alteration of Yentl, from Old Italian Gentile, from gentile, amiable, highborn, from Latin gentlis, of the same clan; see gentle.]

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Noun	1.	yenta - (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script shrew, termagant - a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
	2.	yenta - (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

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gossip Gossiper gossipmonger newsmonger rumormonger rumourmonger shrew termagant Yiddish	Tax practitioners have been filing protective claims requesting refunds of the gross receipts LLC "fee" (but not the $800 annual tax), pending the outcomes of the Yentas and Northwest cases in the California courts. Tax Season Toolkit: everything you need to navigate through the busy ... by California CPA Blumenfield knew that there was no point in trying to contact his other two children; the three of them were worse yentas than a sewing circle and seemed to think from one central brain. The last five year plan by Papernick, Jon / Confrontation Daniele Giovannucci, consultor del Banco Mundial, dice que los compradores de cafe, entre ellos grandes multinacionales con mas de la mitad de las yentas, reconocen las ventajas de trabajar con sus suministradores. Aroma de ganancias: the Coffee Source, de Costa Rica, cultiva las ... by Bounds, Andrew / Latin Trade	yelp Yelper yelping Yelting Yeltsin Yeman Yemen Yemeni Yemeni fils Yemeni monetary unit Yemeni rial yemmer yen Yenakiyevo Yenan Yend Yenisei Yenisei River Yenisei-Samoyed Yeniseian Yenisey Yenisey River Yenite yenta Yentai yentas yeo. yeoman yeoman of the guard Yeomanlike yeomanly yeomanry Yeomanry cavalry Yeorling yep Yer yerba yerba buena Yerba dol osa yerba mansa yerba maté Yerba reuma yerba santa Yerd Yerevan Yerk Yerkes Yerkish Yern Yerne Yernut	Yenisei River Yenisei-Samoyed Yeniseian Yeniseian languages Yenisey Yenisey Yenisey River Yenisey River Yeniseysk Yenissei Yenite Yenko Super Car yenned yenned yenned yenned yenning yenning yenning yenning Yenping yens yens yens yens YENT yenta yenta Yentai Yentai yentas Yentl syndrome YENW YEO Yeo Mill Yeo Mill Yeo Mill Yeo Vale Yeo Vale Yeo Vale yeo. YeO3 YeO8 Yeobright, Eustacia Yeochon Naphtha Cracking Centre Yeoh Tiong Lay YEOM yeoman yeoman yeoman yeoman Yeoman Creek Landfill Yeoman First Class Yeoman Light Aircraft Company yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of signals yeoman of the guard yeoman of the guard Yeoman Seaman Recruit

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gossip
Gossiper
gossipmonger
newsmonger
rumormonger
rumourmonger
shrew
termagant
Yiddish

Tax practitioners have been filing protective claims requesting refunds of the gross receipts LLC "fee" (but not the $800 annual tax), pending the outcomes of the Yentas and Northwest cases in the California courts.

Tax Season Toolkit: everything you need to navigate through the busy ... by California CPA

Blumenfield knew that there was no point in trying to contact his other two children; the three of them were worse yentas than a sewing circle and seemed to think from one central brain.

The last five year plan by Papernick, Jon / Confrontation

Daniele Giovannucci, consultor del Banco Mundial, dice que los compradores de cafe, entre ellos grandes multinacionales con mas de la mitad de las yentas, reconocen las ventajas de trabajar con sus suministradores.

Aroma de ganancias: the Coffee Source, de Costa Rica, cultiva las ... by Bounds, Andrew / Latin Trade

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