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Another word for gossip

Noun

  1. Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others

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  2. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others

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Another word for gossip

Verb

  1. To engage in or spread gossip

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Sentence Examples

  • Neither would ever question nor gossip about their bosses.

  • Darcie couldn't stand the gossip and rude behavior in every town, so she finally went back to the Indians.

  • Moscow is chiefly busy with gossip, he continued.

  • This is, however, mere gossip and supposition.

  • So he rattled on, telling all the gossip he had heard among the orderlies.

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