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Gossip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A sponsor; one who answers for a child in baptism; a godfather.

2. A tippling companion.

3. And sometimes lurk I in a gossip's bowl.

4. One who runs from house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. [This is the sense in which the word is now used.]

5. A friend or neighbor.

6. Mere tattle; idle talk.

Gossip [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To prate; to chat; to talk much.

2. To be a pot-companion.

3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Gossip [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

Gossip [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make merry.

2. To prate; to chat; to talk much.

3. To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

Gossip [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To stand sponsor to.

Gossiped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Gossip

Gossiper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One given to gossip.

Gossiping [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A prating; a running about to collect tales and tattle.

Gossiping [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Prating; chatting; running from place to place and tattling.

Gossiping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Gossip

Gossipred [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Compaternity; spiritual affinity, for which a juror might be challenged. [Not used.]

Gossiprede [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The relationship between a person and his sponsors.

Gossipry [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

2. Idle talk; gossip.

Gossipy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of, or given to, gossip.

Curiosity Roget’s Thesaurus §455

N. interest, thirst for knowledge, thirst for truth, curiosity, curiousness, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, omnivorous intellect, devouring mind, inquirer, sightseer, quidnunc, newsmonger, paul pry, eavesdropper, gossip, rubberneck, intellectual, seeker, seeker after truth

V. be curious, take an interest in, stare, gape, prick up the ears, see sights, lionize, pry, nose, rubberneck*

Adj. curious, inquisitive, burning with curiosity, overcurious, inquiring, prying, snoopy, nosy, peering, prurient, inquisitorial, inquisitory, curious as a cat, agape

Phr. what's the matter? what next? consumed with curiosity, curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back, "curiouser and curiouser"

News Roget’s Thesaurus §532

N. news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut*, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), united press international, upi, associated press, ap, the dow jones news service, dj, the new york times news service, nyt, reuters, tass, the nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man

V. transpire, rumor

Adj. many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person

Adv. as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless

Phr. "airy tongues that syllable men's names", what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?

Loquacity Roget’s Thesaurus §584

N. loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, garrulity, multiloquence, much speaking, jaw, gabble, jabber, chatter, prate, prattle, cackle, clack, twaddle, twattle, rattle, caquet, caquetterie, blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble, small talk, fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue, flow of words, flux de bouche, flux de mots, copia verborum, cacoethes loquendi, furor loquendi, verbosity, gift of the gab, talker, chatterer, chatterbox, babbler, rattle, ranter, sermonizer, proser, driveler, blatherskite, gossip, magpie, jay, parrot, poll, babel, moulin a paroles

V. be loquacious, talk glibly, pour forth, patter, prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw, blather, blatter, blether, rattle, rattle on, twaddle, twattle, babble, gabble, outtalk, talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse, expatiate, gossip, din in the ears, talk at random, talk nonsense, be hoarse with talking

Adj. loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious|, multiloquous, largiloquent|, chattering, chatty, declamatory, open-mouthed, fluent, voluble, glib, flippant, long tongued, long winded

Adv. trippingly on the tongue, glibly, off the reel

Phr. the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels, all talk and no cider, "foul whisperings are abroad", "what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!"

Conversation Roget’s Thesaurus §588

N. conversation, interlocution, collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse, oral communication, commerce, dialogue, duologue, trialogue, causerie, chat, chitchat, small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk, tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, babble, babblement, tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit, talk of the town, talk of the village, conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler, tete-a-tete, reception, conversazione, congress, powwow, hall of audience, durbar, palaver, debate, logomachy, war of words, gossip, tattler, paul pry, tabby, chatterer, interlocutor, conversationist, dialogist, "the feast of reason and the flow of soul", mollia tempora fandi

V. talk together, converse, confabulate, hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation, put in a word, shine in conversation, bandy words, parley, palaver, chat, gossip, tattle, prate, powwow, discourse with, confer with, commune with, commerce with, hold converse, hold conference, hold intercourse, talk it over, be closeted with, talk with one in private, tete-a-tete

Adj. conversing, interlocutory, conversational, conversable, discursive, discoursive, chatty, colloquial

Phr. "with thee conversing i forget all time"

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

0 KJV and 9 BSB verses contain “gossip”

Proverbs 11:13

A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

A gossip reveals a secret, but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

Proverbs 16:28

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 18:8

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Proverbs 20:19

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips.

Proverbs 26:20

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Romans 1:29

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

1 Timothy 5:13

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.