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Meaning of gossip

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  gossip
      n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
           {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chit chat}, {small talk}, {gab},
           {gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin wag}, {chin-
           wag}, {chin wagging}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
      2: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other
         people; "the divorce caused much gossip" [syn: {gossip},
         {comment}, {scuttlebutt}]
      3: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
         information about others [syn: {gossip}, {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}, {gossip}]
      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}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
         {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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