Gossiping
['gɑsəp]
Definition
(noun.) a conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
Edited by Erna--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gossip
Typed by Cedric
Examples
- In my own neighbourhood, no virtuous female friends would tempt me into dangerous gossiping at the tea-table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If Judy'd been here you'd have sat gossiping till all hours--and you can't even give me five minutes! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I can't stay gossiping with you fine ladies or I shall lose my place in the stage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He chattered on, with something of the smooth gossiping fluency of former times. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There is no good in gossiping here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So it naturally fell out that Meg got into the way of gadding and gossiping with her friend. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- However, I must not sit gossiping here, but must get these disreputable clothes off and return to my highly respectable self. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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