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gos·sip (gäs′əp)

noun

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

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

intransitive verb

to be a gossip or engage in gossip

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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