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gossip

noun verb

light informal conversation for social occasions

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
G
Ends with
P
Contains
OS
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɡɒs.ɪp

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. light informal conversation for social occasions

noun

  1. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

    “the divorce caused much gossip”

noun

  1. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

verb

  1. talk socially without exchanging too much information

    “the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”

verb

  1. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

    “She won't dish the dirt”

In context

Example Sentences

the divorce caused much gossip
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
She won't dish the dirt

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