gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
gossipping
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present participleof gossip.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Robinson and Frances Glandney, who married in 2002, were part of a group of longtime pals and she knew they’d start gossipping about her and the legendary singer-songwriter.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
This last hint was a revelation to the gossipping Dame; there had been trouble, then, at the parsonage; things were clearly not upon their old footing.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 by Various
She was gossipping with a man and laughing heartily.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce
"It means that some accident or other has given malignant fools a chance of gossipping about her," said Sir Tancred in an unamiable tone.
From The Admirable Tinker Child of the World by Edgar Jepson
This gossipping woman would not have ventured to hint at what had passed, had you kept her at a proper distance: but the easy impudence of such people in these degenerate times astonishes me.
From Mystery and Confidence, Vol. 2 A Tale by Elizabeth Pinchard
