gossip
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(verb) wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies |
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Related Words: bruit, rumor, rumour, speak, talk |
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(noun) a report (often malicious) about the doings of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" |
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Synonyms: comment, scuttlebutt |
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Related Words: account, dirt, earful, grapevine, hearsay, malicious gossip, pipeline, report, rumor, rumour, scandal, talk, talk of the town, word of mouth |
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(noun) a person given to gossiping |
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Synonyms: gossiper, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger |
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Related Words: blabbermouth, cat, communicator, scandalmonger, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale, yenta |
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(noun) light informal conversation for social occasions |
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Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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Related Words: chat, confab, confabulation |
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(verb) chew the fat; shoot the breeze |
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Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, jaw, natter, visit |
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Related Words: converse, discourse, jawbone, shmooze |
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