(n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
(n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
(n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
(v. t.) To stand sponsor to.
(v. i.) To make merry.
(v. i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much.
(v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Example Sentences:
(1) Trawling through the private telephone conversations of royals, politicians and celebrities in the hope of picking up scandalous gossip is not seen as legitimate news gathering and the techniques of entrapment which led to the recent Pakistani match-fixing scandal , although grudgingly admired in this particular case, are derided as manufacturing the news.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest May dismisses reports of frosty dinner with EU chief as ‘Brussels gossip’ The EU delegation are said to have wondered whether Davis might still be in his post following the general election.
(3) Ministers can glean vital gossip about cabinet reshuffles if they keep on the right side of their drivers, who form the most high-class grapevine in Britain as they wait in the Speaker's courtyard at Westminster while their charges vote in the Commons.
(4) Others will point out that this is a case of pot calling kettle black as Wolff is himself a famous peddler of tittle-tattle – the aggregator website that he cofounded, Newser, even has a section called "Gossip".
(5) That's the kind of insider gossip you get when you're a media player like me.
(6) Similarly literary and pensive was Clouds of Sils Maria , in which France's Olivier Assayas combined some modish themes — the internet, celebrity gossip, superhero movies — with some hoarier themes regarding the theatre-cinema divide, ageing and female rivalry.
(7) Lord Justice Leveson's court was packed with lawyers, journalists and computer screens, which made it look like a City trading floor, and which – in a way – is the Leveson story: what price privacy, what price the risk of publishing gossip without checking it, what price tip-off fees about the rich and famous that might be worth £5,000 to a police or NHS worker – or the £500,000 (so top injunction solicitor, Graham Shears, told the hearing) for bedding a David Beckham?
(8) He likes the policy bit of politics rather more than the showbusiness, and there is no fodder for gossip in his personal life.
(9) A few weeks ago, myriad gossip sites published photos of the Malibu home he just bought, going through the place room by room.
(10) A leading member of Voronin's party, Mark Tkachuk, told reporters the claims were "fairy tales" and "low-life gossip".
(11) It wasn't just women who gossiped in the queues for water: it was a community event.
(12) As a result of the disastrous supreme court Citizens United decision,” Sanders said, “billionaires are literally able to buy elections and candidates.” He also appealed for a campaigns without “gossip”, saying: “I’ve never run a negative ad in my life … I believe that in a democracy what elections are about are serious debates over serious issues.” “This is not the Red Sox versus the Yankees.” Progressive activists welcomed his entry into the race but continued to urge Warren, who is seen as a more polished performer, to compete against Clinton as well.
(13) Smith responded by saying he would not “indulge in gossip”.
(14) How can free expression and the yearning for a private life be protected in this murky arena of a gossip free-for-all?
(15) Before what is bound to be a gossip-fuelled party conference season in which Lib Dem flirtation with Labour (and vice versa) will be added to the mix of plotting, irresistible visions of the future home into view.
(16) But with no arrests and no obvious external suspects, the girls' family have found themselves the subject of local gossip, newspaper speculation and background briefings intended to place them firmly in the frame.
(17) Matters of the utmost importance – such as inequality, poverty, exploitation, corporate crime and the destruction of the natural world – are neglected or marginalised, while trivial political gossip is elevated to the status of major news.
(18) According to reports , the Goody wedding issue of Richard Desmond's celebrity gossip magazine sold 1.8 million copies, more than three times its average circulation of 508,504 in the second half of 2008.
(19) Its target is not just celebrity intrusion but bias, unfairness and gossip in the style of Private Eye and the "off Fleet Street" plethora of news-and-comment websites.
(20) He gossips about former colleagues and even offers theories about how to solve the developing international crisis in the Crimea – ban Russia from the Olympics, maybe.
Rumor
Definition:
(n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
(n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
(n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
(v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell.
Example Sentences:
(1) He says he won't respond to the latest ridiculous rumor of Republican action.
(2) Are the annual Bob Dylan rumors flying around again?
(3) The analyses confirm that rumor involvement decreases the probability of current or future pill use by previous users and by those who have never used it.
(4) Some say the recent rush for rhino horn emanates from Vietnam, where, a few years ago, rumors circulated that a prominent politician had been cured of cancer by consuming it.
(5) Despite rumors to the contrary and theoretical problems with dehydrated cervical mucus, women with mild CF have little difficulty conceiving.
(6) Needless to say, it would be a huge blow to the Heat if James took his talents anywhere else, particularly if there is any truth in the rumors that Bosh will head elsewhere, possibly to the Houston Rockets , if Miami fails to re-sign James.
(7) Rumors that the US embassy in Sana’a would be evacuated have swirled for over a week.
(8) Let's say the rumors are right — and I believe they are — that the next-generation iPhone's CPU will be running at 600 MHz.
(9) Here’s a sex freak father, hanging around with whores and massage parlors and swinging and all that,” he said, of the rumors that spread about him.
(10) That kind of Kremlinology is nothing new – once upon a time, when Alan Greenspan was spotted sneezing in the morning, rumors he had died would be rippling through trading desks by mid-afternoon, sending the bond market into a tailspin.
(11) Correct the Record CEO David Brock has also publicly offered to pay for the legal fees and potential $5m penalty for anyone who leaks the rumored Apprentice videos.
(12) • Rumors swirled of a Republican proposal taking shape that would clean up the shutdown, the debt ceiling, the sequester, and the debate over taxes and entitlements in one fell swoop.
(13) We must do what is necessary to eliminate Isis, protect the innocent, and keep Americans safe,” said Representative Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Republican on the intelligence committee rumored to seek the chairmanship, an influential foreign-policy position.
(14) Ballmer's bid is rumored to be in the $2bn range, which would mean the Clippers – yes, the Clippers of all teams – had sold for more money than any other franchise in NBA history.
(15) Seven tumors had in addition tall finger-shaped protrusions and two rumors crater-like formations covered by irregular microvilli.
(16) Rumors have circulated for weeks as to the real name and background of the jihadi, whose identity is the subject of intense interest from British security officials.
(17) Romney has been looking and sounding like Vlad the Impaler for so long that all he had to do to exceed expectations was show up acting like someone who doesn't sleep in a crypt; strike a pose from the Ronald Reagan Compassionate Conservative playbook; spit out a few numbers; and seem puzzled by all of those, er, rumors about his plans to cut taxes for the rich and roll the rest of us back to serfdom.
(18) Congruent with previous research on hearing populations, deaf participants who were more anxious knew more rumors than did less anxious deaf participants.
(19) There's an "obvious" solution: Our old friend, the rumored 7" tablet (measured on the diagonal).
(20) The rumors about Clinton’s health appear to stem from a 2012 incident when she sustained a head injury from a fall that was attributed to a stomach virus.