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
The meal did not last long, for the aunt, who was a gossiper, was only serving delicatessen that evening.
From Nobody's Boy Sans Famille by Florence Crewe-Jones
