gossip
Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal businessSomeone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
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» Stop gossiping and get back to work.
Годі пліткувати, повертайтеся до роботи. — deniko
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8 senses(countable)Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
(uncountable)Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks.
I have a juicy piece of gossip to share with you.
Klatsch, Tratsch
спле́тняsplétnja, спле́тниsplétni, слу́хиslúxi
плі́ткаplítka, сплі́ткаsplítka, погові́рpohovír
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
(uncountable)Idle conversation in general.
(uncountable)A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
a gossip columnist
a gossip blog
(countable, uncountable)Communication done using a gossip protocol.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A familiar acquaintance.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
Examples
190 sentencesStop gossiping and get back to work.
Годі пліткувати, повертайтеся до роботи. — deniko
Mary and the other women are on the porch, gossiping.
Мері та інші жінки пліткують на веранді. — deniko
Tom's mother is such a gossip.
Мати Тома — таке базікало. — deniko
ruМать Тома такая болтушка. — Balamax
deToms Mutter ist solch eine Klatschbase! — freddy1
Tom loves to gossip.
Том обожнює попліткувати. — deniko
ruТом очень любит посплетничать. — marafon
deTom mag zu schwatzen. — wolfgangth
Tom is always gossiping.
Том увесь час розпускає плітки. — deniko
ruТом постоянно сплетничает. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparenFrom Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god + sib. Doublet of godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.
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Forms
plural: gossipsSynonyms
85 synonyms- a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people:commentscuttlebutt
- a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others:gossipergossipmongerrumormongerrumourmongernewsmonger
- light informal conversation for social occasions:chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfesttittle-tattlechin wag
Word family
15 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.