gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
gossiper
-
a word derived from
gossip.
Example Sentences
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With that foot in the door, Ms. Finkel won roles as an extra: a loud gossiper here, an old crone there.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2014
Sometimes gossip has more to do with the gossiper: Witness the joy people take in swapping titillating stories.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2011
When a gossiper is going well he is not necessarily wicked, is often entertaining, sometimes even slightly edifying.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Best you stay away. She’s a nosy gossiper, that one. And the husband fancies himself some kind of educated intellectual. But he’s a mouse. Look at him. Doesn’t he look like a mouse?”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
It is some intrigue," said the gossiper, "the women of our country go everywhere, to the church, to the court, and to the theatre.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
