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
I had frequently seen the woman; and her name, as the rector and I were one evening gossipping over our tea, on some subject or other that I forget, came up.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 by Robert Chambers
Jim had no intimates, and had he chosen such, Mr. Holtz, gossipping, idle, stingy, and shallow of brain, would scarcely have been the man.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
She was gossipping with a man and laughing heartily.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce
I wonder at their present patience and perseverance, and can never sufficiently admire the contexture of that brain which can weave with unwearied toil such immense webs of idle tittle-tattle, and gossipping nonsense.
From Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) by Anonymous
