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The definition of a gossip is someone who reveals personal information about others.

(noun)

A friend who passes on the secrets of other friends, but asks you not to tell is an example of a gossip.

Gossip is defined as the private information about others shared in conversation or print.

(noun)

Articles about the lives of movie stars in magazines are an example of gossip.

Gossip means to tell secret information to another person.

(verb)

Passing on personal details about a neighbor to another neighbor is an example of gossip.

See gossip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Now Dial.
1. a godparent
2. a close friend
a person who chatters or repeats idle talk and rumors, esp. about the private affairs of others
1. such talk or rumors
2. chatter

Origin: ME godsip, gossyp (with assimilated -d-) < Late OE godsibbe, godparent: see god & sib

intransitive verb

to be a gossip or engage in gossip

Related Forms:

gossipy adjective

See gossip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.
A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.
Trivial, chatty talk or writing.
A close friend or companion.
Chiefly British A godparent.

intransitive verb gos·siped, gos·sip·ing, gos·sips

To engage in or spread gossip.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English godsib, gossip, godparent

Origin: , from Old English godsibb

Origin: : god, god; see God

Origin: + sibb, kinsman; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

gosˈsip·er noun

gosˈsip·ry noun

gosˈsip·y adjective

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