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# gossip

«gossip» in Mova's school dictionary: **talk about other people's private lives, often unkind or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (gossip — uncountable; a gossip, gossips for people); verb (gossip, gossips, gossiped, gossiping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gossip is talk about other people's private lives, often unkind or not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#m1)

2) A gossip is a person who likes to talk about others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#m2)

3) To gossip means to talk about other people in this way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about friendship and truth gossip can hurt feelings and spread untrue rumours; it is good to stop it, not pass it on. In stories gossip causes trouble or misunderstandings. Phrases: «spread gossip», «a bit of gossip», «gossip about», «gossip magazine».

### examples

- Don't listen to gossip about your friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x1)
- They were gossiping about the new boy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x2)
- Gossip can hurt people's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x3)
- She is a terrible gossip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x4)
- I heard some gossip at lunch, but I didn't believe it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x5)
- The gossip turned out to be untrue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x6)
- The old ladies gossiped over the garden fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x7)
- The Soldier was gossiping with him, and said: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/#x8)

### note

Spelling: gossiped, gossiping with one p (also gossipped in UK, less common). Uncountable for the talk: «some gossip», «a piece of gossip». Ask yourself: is it true, is it kind, is it needed? If not, don't pass it on.

### In the corpora

- [A good way to sort any bit of gossip is to ask four things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/3/)
- [Bad-news gossip can feel caring but still spreads fear; offer help, not headlines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/20/)
- [Good-news gossip that thanks someone or shares their own news is the best kind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/11/)
- [If you are really worried about a child being unsafe, tell a trusted adult instead of turning it into gossip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/21/)
- [Good news can be gossip too, and the best stories are the ones people share themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gossip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gossip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.