gossiped
past simple and past participle ofgossip
gossip
verb[I]
uk/ˈɡɒs.ɪp/us/ˈɡɑː.səp/B2
totalkabout other people'sprivatelives:
Stop gossiping and doyourwork.
People havestartedto gossipaboutus.
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natterverbUKinformal
- She's been gossiping and hasn't done astrokeofworkallmorning.
- Janetspendshoursgossiping on thephone.
- I wouldn'ttellheryoursecrets- youknowhow shelikesto gossip.
- It's not only the women around here who like to gossip, youknow!
- Theoldfolksitgossiping in thevillagesquarefor most of themorning.
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- anti-secrecy
- backchannel
- bare
- blowsomeone'scoveridiom
- blow/take the lid offsomethingidiom
- break
- declassify
- hold
- huddle
- kiss
- Queen's evidence
- rat
- rat onsomeone/something
- reintroduce
- revealingly
- revelatory
- state's evidence
- tip
- transpire
- unload
Examplesofgossiped
gossiped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
From there, such youngsters could carry this information throughout the alleys and tenements, along the thoroughfares and into the shops where people gadded andgossiped.
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First, they can begossipedabout because of their implied intimacy, and second, they can be accused of gossiping about others because of their closeted social interaction.
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She is guilty because someone hasgossipedabout her—guilty even if there is no proof—and then she is called upon to prove herself innocent.
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It is just the little things that can hegossipedabout that arouse suspicion.
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They have been debated here, they have beengossipedabout, they have dominated the newspapers.
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Information is generated by a source andgossipedto its neighbours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The two had numerous confrontations in the house, and oftengossipedabout one another.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Although some havegossipedthat he is crazy, there is no serious indication that this is true.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Don, who values his privacy highly, is aghast that his extramarital escapades are beinggossipedabout, and immediately ends the affair.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lamas of all agesgossipedand giggled, lounging on the steps in front of heavy wooden doors with iron studs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The order in which the villagers got to use the bakehouse was drawn on the eve of baking day, when the villagers also shared news andgossipedabout village life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Colmenares' friendsgossipedthat she was already pregnant with their first daughter before they were married in 1977.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They drank and theygossiped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Betty managed the village shop and kept hens andgossiped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Leargossipedabout the international glitterati.
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