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gossip
What does gossip mean?
gossip (noun): a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use gossip in a sentence?
- The divorce caused much gossip. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce gossip?
/ˈɡɑsəp/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does gossip come from?
From Middle English gossib, godsib (“a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent”), from Old English godsibb (“godparent, sponsor”), equivalent to god- + sib (“related”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “gossip” mean?
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a person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man
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a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being
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