gossip

gossip
n
1. rumor, grapevine, Inf. scuttlebutt, hearsay, Fr. oui-dire. report, Archaic. bruit; an earful, Sl. dope, Inf. inside info, Sl. poop, tittle-tattle; scandal, dirt, whispering campaign, mud-slinging.
2. prattle, idle talk, Sl. schmooze, small talk, palaver, Scot. clishmaclaver; chat, chitchat, Sl. yackety-yak, Sl. yak, twaddle, blather.
3. gossipper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumor-monger; whisperer, tattler, talebearer, tattletale; loud mouth, Inf. blabbermouth, Sl. big mouth; yenta, tabby, cat; quidnunc, busybody, Paul Pry, snoop, meddler, Australian. Sl. stickybeak, eavesdropper; chatterer, gabbler, chatterbox, magpie; babbling brook, blatherskite, prattler, flibbertigibbet.
v
4. tattle, Inf. blab, rumor, circulate, bruit, Scot. clishmaclaver, whisper; spread stories, squeal, dish the dirt; prattle, prate, palaver; chatter, chat, chitchat, Sl. yak, Sl. schmooze; gibber, blather, gabble, run off at the mouth, Sl. have diarrhea of the mouth, Sl. jaw, shoot the breeze.

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