How to pronounce gossip
American English pronunciation
GOSS-ip
- IPA
- /ˈɡɑsɪp/
- Syllables
- GOSS · ip (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gossip means
Talk about other people's private business
In a sentence: Don't believe all the gossip you hear at recess.
Where it comes from: It started as an Old English word for a godparent. It slowly came to mean a close friend, then the chatter friends share.
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