gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
gossipped
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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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Gradually it became gossipped about that the Duke of Bolton's suit had succeeded.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce
The old Frenchwoman gossipped and wondered about her; but the most speculative could fashion no story from a page so blank as this joyless existence.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
If I succeed in my object I shall consider that I have gossipped to some purpose.
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
Thus the fishes gossipped in their own way; but in the artificial water-grotto the laborers were busy; who were obliged to take advantage of the hours of night to get their work done by daybreak.
From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
In company with Lyon she walked up and down the deck, looking so joyous that the men about the place could but remark upon it as they gossipped with each other.
From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
