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What does "gossip" mean?

Gossip: A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.] My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.
  2. 3.The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.
  3. 4.To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.
  4. 5.To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.
  5. 6.To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.
  6. 7.To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

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