B2verb · intransitive · rare

gossip

gos·sip

gossip · gossips · gossiped · gossiping

пліткувати

сплетничать

klatschen, lästern, tratschen, schwatzen

To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that…To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

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UK/ˈɡɒsɪp/US/ˈɡɑsɪp/

» Stop gossiping and get back to work.

Годі пліткувати, повертайтеся до роботи. — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
tratschen, klatschen, lästern
спле́тничатьsplétničatʹ
пліткува́тиplitkuváty
(intransitive)To talk idly.
klatschen, schwatzen
(intransitive)To communicate using a gossip protocol.
(obsolete)To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
(obsolete)To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.

More definitions

wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
talk socially without exchanging too much information

Examples

190 sentences

Stop gossiping and get back to work.
Годі пліткувати, повертайтеся до роботи. — deniko
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Mary and the other women are on the porch, gossiping.
Мері та інші жінки пліткують на веранді. — deniko
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Tom's mother is such a gossip.
Мати Тома — таке базікало. — deniko
ruМать Тома такая болтушка. — Balamax
deToms Mutter ist solch eine Klatschbase! — freddy1
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Tom loves to gossip.
Том обожнює попліткувати. — deniko
ruТом очень любит посплетничать. — marafon
deTom mag zu schwatzen. — wolfgangth
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Tom is always gossiping.
Том увесь час розпускає плітки. — deniko
ruТом постоянно сплетничает. — odexed
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to talk about someone else's private or personal business:

Русский

By meaning 1

to talk about someone else's private or personal business:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to talk about someone else's private or personal business:

to talk idly:

Origin

From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparen

From 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

gossips, gossiping, gossiped, gossiped

Base form	gossip · to gossip
3rd person singular	gossips
Present participle	gossiping
Past simple	gossiped
Past participle	gossiped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gossip
he, she, it	gossips

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gossiped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gossiped
he, she, it	has gossiped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gossip

Synonyms

31 synonyms

chatA2 dishA1 talkA1 blab dish the dirt spill the tea talk out of turn tell tales out of school chatter chew the fat chinwag natter prattle shoot the breeze

Close in meaning

wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies:dish the dirt
talk socially without exchanging too much information:chew the fat shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat chit-chat chatter

Word family

3 related words

Relatedprattle gossiper gossiping

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