gossip
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
Be careful what you say to him: he’s a bit of a gossip.
Đồng nghĩa: busybody, gossipmonger, meddler, rumormonger, carrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody, buzzer, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, meddler, mouth, mumblenews, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, scandalmonger, sleazemonger, tabby, talebearer, talecarrier, tattletale, telltale, telltale tit, titivil, tittle-tattle, town crier, whisperer
- 2.
(uncountable)Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
According to the latest gossip, their relationship is on the rocks.
I have a juicy piece of gossip to share with you.
Đồng nghĩa: dirt, hearsay, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, bruit, buzz, tidbit, fame, hearsay, moot, on dit, rumor, sough, muttering, noise, tale, word, word on the street, word on the wire, whisper, whispering
- 3.
(uncountable)Idle conversation in general.
Đồng nghĩa: chat, chinwag, chit-chat, natter, babble, bavardage, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbing, blather, blathering, chatter, chinwag, chit-chat, claver, clepe, gabble, hot air, mardle, natter, palaver, prate, prattle, scuttlebutt, small talk, tattle, twaddle, waffle, yackety-yak, yap, yatter
- 4.
(uncountable)A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
a gossip columnist
a gossip blog
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)(computing) Communication done using a gossip protocol.
- 6.
(countable, historical, uncountable)(now only historical) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother; the godparent of one's child or godchild, or the parent of one's godchild.
Đồng nghĩa: sponsor, godsib
- 7.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A familiar acquaintance.
Đồng nghĩa: friend
- 8.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Title used with the name of one's child's godparent or of a friend.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.
Đồng nghĩa: blab, dish the dirt, spill the tea, talk out of turn, tell tales out of school
- 2.
(intransitive)To talk idly.
Đồng nghĩa: chat, chatter, chew the fat, chinwag, natter, prattle, shoot the breeze
- 3.
(obsolete)To stand godfather to; to provide godparents for.
- 4.
(obsolete)To enjoy oneself during festivities, to make merry.
- 5.
(intransitive)(intransitive, computing) To communicate using a gossip protocol.
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From Middle English godsybbe, godsib (a close friend or relation, a confidant; a godparent), from Old English godsibb (godparent, sponsor), equivalent to god + sib. godsib. For sense evolution to "gossip, discussing others' personal affairs," compare French commérage.