Thesaurus: gossip
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
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Definitions
- n. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
- n. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
- n. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
- n. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
- v. t. To stand sponsor to.
- v. i. To make merry.
- v. i. To prate; to chat; to talk much.
- v. i. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
- n. light informal conversation for social occasions
- n. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
- n. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
- v. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies