–noun
1.idle talk or rumor, esp. about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
2.light, familiar talk or writing.
3.Also, gos·sip·er, gos·sip·per. a person given to tattling or idle talk.
4.Chiefly British Dialect. a godparent.
5.Archaic. a friend, esp. a woman. –verb (used without object)
6.to talk idly, esp. about the affairs of others; go about tattling. –verb (used with object)
7.Chiefly British Dialect. to stand godparent to.
8.Archaic. to repeat like a gossip.
[Origin: bef. 1050; ME gossib, godsib(be), OE godsibb, orig. godparent, equiv. to god God + sibb related; see sib1
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