dish the dirt
dish the dirt · dishes the dirt · dished the dirt · dishing the dirt
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klatschen, lästern, tratschen
To tell salacious gossipTo tell salacious gossip.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To tell salacious gossip.
The tabloid newspaper was eager to dish the dirt on celebrities.
More definitions
- wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
Forms
dishes the dirt, dishing the dirt, dished the dirt, dished the dirt| Base form | dish the dirt · to dish the dirt |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dishes the dirt |
| Present participle | dishing the dirt |
| Past simple | dished the dirt |
| Past participle | dished the dirt |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies:gossip
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.