GOSSIP

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother. Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken. Selden.

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler. The common chat of gossips when they meet. Dryden.

4.
n.

The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor. Bubbles o'er like a city with gossip, scandal, and spite. Tennyson.

5.
v.

To stand sponsor to. [Obs.] Shak.

6.
v.

To make merry. [Obs.] Shak.

7.
v.

To prate; to chat; to talk much. Shak.

8.
v.

To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.

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