"gossip" Definition

Definitions for the word "gossip" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To stand sponsor to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To make merry.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 a unconstrained talk or writing, esp. About persons or social incidents. B idle talk. 2 person who indulges in gossip. v. (-p-) talk or write gossip. gossipy adj. [old english, originally ‘godparent’, hence ‘familiar acquaintance’]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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