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noun
talk about others; rumor
Synonyms: account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, whispering campaign, wire
Antonyms: fact
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noun
person who talks a lot, spreads
Synonyms: rumors babbler, blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, circulator, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, scandalizer, scandalmonger, snoop, talebearer, tattler, telltale
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verb
talk about others; spread rumors
Synonyms: babble, bad-mouth, bend one’s ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans, spread, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle