gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
gossiped
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past participleof gossip.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gossip.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gossipnounidle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
Example Sentences
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As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
Because the home has been staged, buyers won’t be able to sit at the very kitchen table where the Kardashian clan gossiped over salads, or the poolside lounges where they often sunned themselves.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
As spectators filed through security screening then streamed into the courtroom, they gossiped as key players strode by as though in a stage play, including Dick Harpootlian, the lead defense lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
During his childhood, Almodóvar sometimes sat and listened under the kitchen table while his mother and other women gossiped and shared secrets, Moore says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
As my friends and I ate and gossiped, she often stood by quietly, engaged in some household chore, not hiding the fact that she was taking in every word.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
