Synonyms for gossiping

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gos-uhp

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒs əp

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Définition of gossiping

Origin : Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). Extended in Middle English to "any familiar acquaintance" (mid-14c.), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to "anyone engaging in familiar or idle talk" (1560s). Sense extended 1811 to "trifling talk, groundless rumor." Similar formations in Old Norse guðsifja, Old Saxon guþziff.

verb talk about others; spread rumors

Example sentences :

I passed through the gossiping crowd with bread and water for my culprit.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

And you know, my dear, she may be dead while we're gossiping.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

And because we should be talked about in that gossiping boarding-house circle.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

The examiner had given himself up to the spirit of gossiping idleness.
Extract from : « Some Reminiscences » by Joseph Conrad

Her companion notes the gossiping shades, but appears unconcerned.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Now she is near—but the seat is empty, and the nurse is gossiping in the distance.
Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 » by Various

Second, gossiping ladies with a swarm of their news-bearing hags.
Extract from : « The Sleeping Bard » by Ellis Wynne

There are gossiping women, decked in their caps and many-colored finery.
Extract from : « Rabbi and Priest » by Milton Goldsmith

Nurse Farmer, he supposed, who had been gossiping with Daphne.
Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

You rail at our sex for gossiping, and growl when we can't or won't tell you anything.
Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King

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