gossip
gossip is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
- noun. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
- noun. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
- noun. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
- transitive verb. To stand sponsor to.
- intransitive verb. To make merry.
- intransitive verb. To prate; to chat; to talk much.
- intransitive verb. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
- noun. light informal conversation for social occasions
- noun. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
"the divorce caused much gossip"
- noun. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- verb. talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
- verb. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
"She won't dish the dirt"
Synonyms
causerie, chitchat, gab, gabfest, comment, scuttlebutt, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, chaffer, chat, chatter, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, visit
Common word forms
gossips, gossiped, gossiper, gossiping, gossipped, gossipper, gossipping
Words from these letters
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