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(gos′əp) noun
1. Familiar or idle talk; groundless rumor; mischievous tattle.
2. One who tattles or talks idly: also gos′sip·er.
3. Archaic A boon companion.
—v.i. To talk idly, usually about the affairs of others; be a gossip.
—v.t. To repeat as gossip. See synonyms under BABBLE. [OE godsibb a baptismal sponsor <god God + sib a relative]
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