Gossip

Gos´sip

n.	1.
	1.	A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. - Selden.
	2.	A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. - Shak.
	3.	One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. - Dryden.
	4.	The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. - Tennyson.
v. t.	1.	To stand sponsor to.
v. i.	1.	To make merry. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gossiping.]
	2.	To prate; to chat; to talk much.
	3.	To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Noun	1.	gossip - light informal conversation for social occasions Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chitchat, gab, gabfest, small talk, tittle-tattle
	2.	gossip - a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip" Synonyms: scuttlebutt, comment
	3.	gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others Synonyms: gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger
Verb	1.	gossip - wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt" Synonyms: dish the dirt
	2.	gossip - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" Synonyms: chew the fat, chitchat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, confabulate, chatter, visit

To dream that you are the centre of some gossip, foretells of some pleasurable surprise. To dream that you are interested or engrossed in gossip, signifies that your overconfidence in minor acquaintances will lead to some humiliating trouble for you.Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale-bearing animal, account, ace, amigo, associate, babble, babblement, back-fence gossip, banter, bavardage, be closeted with, bedfellow, bedmate, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blabbermouth, blah-blah, blather, blatherskite, blether, blethers, bosom buddy, bruit, buddy, bunkie, bunkmate, busybody, butty, buzz, cackle, camarade, caquet, caqueterie, chamberfellow, chatterbox, chitchat, chitter-chatter, chronicle, chum, clack, classmate, clatter, colleague, comate, companion, company, compeer, comrade, confrere, consociate, consort, conversation, copartner, coze, crony, cry, dither, dope, eavesdropper, fellow, fellow student, flibbertigibbet, gab, gabble, gam, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, girl friend, go on, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossiping, gossipmonger, gossipmongering, gossipry, grapevine, groundless rumor, guff, gup, gush, haver, hint, hot air, idle talk, imply, information, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, insinuate, intimate, jabber, jaw, make conversation, mate, mere talk, messmate, natter, newsmonger, newsmongering, newspaperman, nonsense talk, nosy Parker, old crony, on dit, on-dit, pal, palaver, pard, pardner, partner, patter, piece of gossip, playfellow, playmate, poop, pour forth, prating, prittle-prattle, pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, reporter, retail gossip, roommate, rubberneck, rubbernecker, rumble, rumormonger, run on, scandal, scandalmonger, schoolfellow, schoolmate, scopophiliac, scuttlebutt, shipmate, side partner, sidekick, sieve, sightseer, small talk, snoop, snooper, spout, spout off, story, suggest, tabby, tale, talebearer, talebearing, taleteller, taletelling, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tattle, tattletale, teammate, tell idle tales, telltale, tete-a-tete, tittle-tattle, tittle-tattler, twaddle, twattle, visit, voyeur, waffle, whisper, word, workfellow, yak, yakkety-yak, yenta, yokefellow, yokemate

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