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Definition of Gossiping
1. Noun. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
Generic synonyms: Conversation
Specialized synonyms: Scandalmongering
Derivative terms: Gossip
Definition of Gossiping
1. Verb. (present participle of gossip) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gossiping
1. gossip [v] - See also: gossip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gossiping
Literary usage of Gossiping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Means and Ends, Or, Self-training by Catharine Maria Sedgwick (1840)
"gossiping. The most prevailing fault of conversation in our country, and I believe
in all social communities, is gossiping. As weeds most infest the richest ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1808)
"... formerly been denominated clacks, the tongue might be preserved for the use
of the learned Doctor, in frightening old women and gossiping nurses with ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"TUNC—/ have sixpence «ruler my thumb. Flow sweet the gossiping birds that sing !
How sweet the treasure the zephyrs bring, Light wafted on each ..."
4. The Red River Settlement: Its Rise, Progress, and Present State: With Some by Alexander Ross (1856)
"... black fly—The ramble—Canadians and half-breeds —Their mode of life—The man of
consequence—gossiping parties—Amusements—The effects of habit—Children in ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"2. To mutter, to speak to one's self, Kinross.] [TOOTLE, TOOTER, *. Silly gossip ;
a person given to gossiping, ..."
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