yenta
yenta
nounDefinition of YENTA
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others <the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week>
Synonyms circulator, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, quidnunc, talebearer, tale-teller, telltale, yenta
Related Words betrayer, blabbermouth, informant, informer, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale; libeler, scandalmonger
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