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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: gossip (0.01929 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to gossip.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: gossip
belu-belai, celetuk, gosip, gunjing, kabar angin, memgosip, menggunjing, pergosip, selentingan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gossip
gossip
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat,
small talk,
gab,
gabfest,
tittle-tattle,
chin-wag,
chin-wagging,
causerie]
2: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other
people;
“the divorce caused much gossip” [syn:
comment,
scuttlebutt]
3: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn:
gossiper,
gossipmonger,
rumormonger,
rumourmonger,
newsmonger]
v 1: wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or
intimacies;
“She won't dish the dirt” [syn:
dish the dirt
]
2: talk socially without exchanging too much information;
“the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”
[syn:
chew the fat,
shoot the breeze,
chat,
confabulate,
confab,
chitchat,
chatter,
chaffer,
natter,
jaw,
claver,
visit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gossip
Gossip
\Gos"sip\, n. [OE. gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor
in baptism, a relation by a religious obligation, AS.
godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe,
Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabh[=a] assembly.]
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1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
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Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip,
in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill
taken. --Selden.
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2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary
acquaintance. [Obs.]
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My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. --Shak.
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3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an
idle tattler.
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The common chat of gossips when they meet. --Dryden.
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4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
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Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and
spite. --Tennyson.
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Gossip
\Gos"sip\, v. t.
To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Gossip
\Gos"sip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Gossiped; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To prate; to chat; to talk much. --Shak.
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3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
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