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noun

Gossip n.

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. "Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken."

A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. (Obs.) "My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal."

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. "The common chat of gossips when they meet."

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. "Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite."

verb

Gossip v. t. To stand sponsor to. (Obs.)

Gossip v. i. (past & past part. gossiped; pres. part. gossiping)

To make merry. (Obs.)

To prate; to chat; to talk much.

To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gossip" Quotes from Famous Books

... parties came into camp with reports of forays as far as the suburbs of Philadelphia, twenty miles away. Spies, disguised as farmers, returned with stories of visits into the heart of the capital city held by the enemy. This gossip and information, Which the young sentinel picked up bit by bit, he pieced together to make a picture of an invincible, veteran British army, waiting to fall upon the huddled mob of "rebels" at Valley Forge, and sweep them away like chaff. He heard it over and over again, that the Hessians, ...

— The Junior Classics • Various

... gossip headquarters of the world. Some years ago the whole town was invaded by a mania for anonymous letter writing, and when the smoke had cleared away few ...

— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard

... are to conclude—as seems reasonable—that there was no gossip current in Rome of the courtesans' supper and the rest, we may assume that there was no knowledge in Rome of such matters; for with knowledge silence would have been impossible. So much being admitted, ...

— The Life of Cesare Borgia • Raphael Sabatini

... What mean'st thou Aron? Wherefore did'st thou this? Aron. O Lord sir, 'tis a deed of pollicie? Shall she liue to betray this guilt of our's: A long tongu'd babling Gossip? No Lords no: And now be it knowne to you my full intent. Not farre, one Muliteus my Country-man His wife but yesternight was brought to bed, His childe is like to her, faire as you are: Goe packe with them, and giue the mother gold, ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... [Laughing.] Ha, ha! you bluster well. Upon my life, You have the tilt-yard jargon to a breath. Pepe, if I should smite you on the cheek— Thus, gossip, thus—[Strikes him.] what ...

— Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini • George Henry Boker

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