verb
- past tense of gossip; talked about other people's private affairs, often spreading rumors or unverified information
Usage: informal; often implies idle or malicious talk
Examples
- She gossipped about her coworker's personal life at lunch.
- They gossipped for hours about the scandal.
- He gossipped with his friends about the new student.
- The neighbors gossipped over the fence about who was moving in.
- She regretted that she had gossipped about her best friend.
- They gossipped endlessly about the celebrity breakup.
- He gossipped so much that nobody trusted him with secrets anymore.