gossip
noun
idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
have been gossiping
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present perfect progressiveof gossip.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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So, let’s talk: People have been gossiping about Biden’s hair for three decades, with much discussion of hair plugs and enhancements for the follicly challenged.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019
While you have been gossiping I have been at work, and now our house is almost done,—that is to say, it's well begun.
From Homes and How to Make Them by E. C. (Eugene Clarence) Gardner
My, how I have been gossiping about that poor girl!
From The Dragon's Secret by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
I now know better what you meant, for I have been gossiping about you.
From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd
Dear me! whilst we have been gossiping, the macaroni has been getting cold.
From Tales of Old Japan by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron Redesdale
