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noun rumours about other people ADJ. latest | common It's common gossip in the office that she's about to leave her husband. | idle, malicious, salacious, silly QUANT. bit, piece, titbit I heard an interesting bit of gossip yesterday. VERB + GOSSIP spread Someone has been spreading malicious gossip about me. | exchange, swap | hear, listen to, pay attention to You shouldn't listen to idle gossip. GOSSIP + VERB circulate, go around/round A piece of silly gossip was going round the school. GOSSIP + NOUN column, columnist I saw it in the gossip column of the local newspaper. PREP. ~ about a magazine full of gossip about famous people conversation about other people ADJ. good VERB + GOSSIP have PREP. ~ about We had a good gossip about the boss. | ~ with She's having a gossip with Maria.
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gossip
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gossip
the latest gossip
• Annie usually has all the latest gossip.
juicy gossip
(= interesting gossip )
• He said that he had some especially juicy gossip to tell us.
hot gossip
(= interesting gossip )
• What’s the latest hot gossip going round at work then?
idle gossip
(= gossip not based on facts )
• She had no time for idle gossip.
common gossip
(= gossip that everyone knows about )
• Rumours about her affairs had become common gossip.
malicious gossip
(= unkind gossip that is likely to upset someone )
• Has someone been spreading malicious gossip?
phrases
a piece of gossip
• I’ve got an interesting piece of gossip which might interest you.
be the subject of gossip
(= be talked about )
• His close friendship with Carol was the subject of gossip.
verbs
exchange gossip
(= talk about other people and their private lives with someone )
• They used to meet up and exchange gossip.
hear gossip
• Have you heard the latest gossip about Steve?
listen to gossip
• He was always willing to listen to gossip.
spread gossip
• Someone’s been spreading gossip about Lucy and Ian.
gossip goes around
(= it is told by one person to another )
• It was a small village, and any gossip went around very quickly.
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