Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gossips; a gossipmonger.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One given to gossip.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
gossips .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Etymologies
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Examples
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First Impression: Chiara is described as a gossiper who’s sometimes sweet and sometimes not.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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First Impression: Chiara is described as a gossiper who’s sometimes sweet and sometimes not.
5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008
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Encourage the "gossiper" to discuss his or her problem with an individual that has the power to change his or her problem
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Once properly disclaimed, others were free to go ahead and repeat what had just been said, but if the information turned out to be false, the original gossiper could not be held liable.
The OLM Blog 2009
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Go after your gay gossiper, Anderson Cooper, and make certain he tells the real story.
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“The gossiper,” the rabbis taught, “talks in Rome and kills in Syria.”
The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010
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If your experiences with the gossipee are more positive than with the gossiper, you probably have your answer.
Lisa Earle McLeod: Gossipers and Gossipees: Who Has the Street Cred? 2009
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Joan Rivers McCain is an expert gossiper about all things Paris and Britney.
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The problem is I have never heard of anyone attacking anyone because they were a gossiper.
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Be careful next time you hear such rumors and tell the gossiper that you actually know someone who went to Rio and had a fabulous time and arrived back home safe and sound.
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