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plural of gossip
as in gossipers
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others because her friend was such a compulsive gossip, she couldn't help but wonder if her private life wasn't also being made the talk of the town

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gossips

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gossip

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Recent Examples of gossips
Noun
Even when Romanzy goes off on how stupid and ugly Caleb is — and gossips that his parents abandoned him because something must be wrong with him — Mary goes along with it. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026 The piece contends that while rumors circulated among political gossips and online, these remained unsubstantiated whispers that did not meet journalism’s evidentiary threshold for publication. Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Local gossips claimed that Chin Ming Tai paid Moy Sing a bride price of $20,000, an astronomical sum for the time. Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026 The gossips leak letters indicating the family’s ruthlessness. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026 Hometown gossips and lonely girls to the front. Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026 Internet gossips are increasingly spreading unfounded rumors that the couple is in distress. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025 In between bickering with Rodgers and pining for a young would-be protégé named Elizabeth, played by Margaret Qualley, Hart gossips to the bartender—Eddie, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale—and begs him for just one more pour. Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossips
Noun
  • Jessica Simpson has gotten used to gossipers gossiping about her private life.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Ullrich sees the shift less as a dodge than as a new chair recalibrating how the institution talks.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026
  • In the same sequence, Carter talks to a rancher about working for him.
    Brayden Garcia July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Matt Selman also dishes on Quinta Brunson's appearance and the episode's multitude of Easter eggs.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Others dishes taco salads, burritos, quesadillas, Mexican street corn, Mexican street fries, and, for dessert, churros.
    Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026

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