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Definitions for Gossip

[1] idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
[2] light, familiar talk or writing.
[3] Also gos·sip·er, gos·sip·per. a person given to tattling or idle talk.
[4] Chiefly British Dialect . a godparent.
[5] Archaic . a friend, especially a woman.
[6] to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.
[7] Chiefly British Dialect . to stand godparent to.
[8] Archaic . to repeat like a gossip.
[9] casual and idle chat to have a gossip with a friend
[10] a conversation involving malicious chatter or rumours about other people a gossip about the neighbours
[11] Also called: gossipmonger a person who habitually talks about others, esp maliciously
[12] light easy communication to write a letter full of gossip
[13] archaic a close woman friend
[14] (intr often foll by about ) to talk casually or maliciously (about other people)

Words related to Gossip

scandal, hearsay, chitchat, tale, conversation, slander, buzz, news, chatter, blab, blather, account, prate, chronicle, grapevine, defamation, cry, story, meddling, babble

Words nearby Gossip

goss, gossaert, gossamer, gossan, gosse, gossip, gossipmonger, gossipy, gossoon, gossypol, gossypose

Origin of Gossip

before 1050; Middle English gossib, godsib(be ), Old English godsibb, orig. godparent, equivalent to god God + sibb related; see sib

Other words from Gossip

gos·sip·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·gos·sip , verb, in·ter·gos·siped or in·ter·gos·sipped, in·ter·gos·sip·ing.
un·gos·sip·ing , adjective

Word origin for Gossip

Old English godsibb godparent, from god + sib ; the term came to be applied to familiar friends, esp a woman's female friends at the birth of a child, hence a person, esp a woman, fond of light talk

Synonyms for Gossip

buzz, chatter, chitchat, conversation, hearsay, news, scandal, slander, tale, account, babble, blather, blether, calumny, chronicle, clothesline, cry, defamation, earful, grapevine, injury, meddling, prate, prattle, report, scuttlebutt, story, talk, wire, back-fence talk, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, idle talk, malicious talk, small talk, whispering campaign