as in talked
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature
a neighbor who loves to gossip with others about that couple's loud arguments
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Recent Examples of gossiped
The records have thousands of references to Trump, including emails in which Epstein and others shared news articles, commented on his policies, or gossiped about him and his family.
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Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026
Famous names show up in Epstein’s emails The records have thousands of references to Trump, including emails in which Epstein and others shared news articles about him, commented on his policies or politics, or gossiped about him and his family.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Researchers found that both same-gender and different-gender couples gossiped for about 38 minutes a day individually and 29 minutes a day together.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026
Famous names show up in Epstein’s emails The records have thousands of references to Trump, including emails in which Epstein and others shared news articles about him, commented on his policies or politics, or gossiped about him and his family.
—Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Researchers found that both same-gender and different-gender couples gossiped for about 38 minutes a day individually and 29 minutes a day together.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossiped
talked
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Skip the flowers The CFP talked a big game about updating the methodology used to select the 12 participants in the 2025 field.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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The new manager and the pitcher had lunch and talked baseball.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Gossiped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossiped. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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