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gossip I. substantiv

1. flecar, limbut, guraliv, vorbăreţ; indiscret, gură-spartă, farfara.

2. bârfitor, clevetitor; gură-rea, bârfă; ţaţă, cumătră, mahalagioaică.

3. conversaţie familiară, convorbire prietenească, taifas, şuetă.

4. bârfeală, clevetire, bârfă.

5. (în ziaristică) ştiri din societate; cronică mondenă.

6. (înv.) prieten; vecin; tovarăş.

gossip II. verb intranzitiv

1. a sta la taifas, a flecări, a pălăvrăgi.

2. a bârfi, a cleveti, a răspândi zvonuri (răuvoitoare).

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He hoped she had not gone home—he hated gossip and interference.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Highbury gossips!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

It may stop his gossip.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You say you never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at the house up yonder, Wood; but I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

"No, never repeat that foolish gossip, and forget it as soon as you can," said Mrs. March gravely.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Then she told the various bits of gossip she had heard at the Moffats', and as she spoke, Jo saw her mother fold her lips tightly, as if ill pleased that such ideas should be put into Meg's innocent mind.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Sallie Moffat renewed her friendship, was always running out for a dish of gossip at the little house, or inviting 'that poor dear' to come in and spend the day at the big house.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

As usual Beth lay on the sofa and Laurie sat in a low chair close by, amusing her with all sorts of gossip, for she depended on her weekly 'spin', and he never disappointed her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I wanted somebody who wouldn't gossip. Daisy comes over quite often—in the afternoons.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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