Gossip

Definition

gossip / 'gɒsÇp / n ၁။ [U] ( derog ) အတင္းအဖ်င္းစကား။ Don't believe all the gossip you hear. ❍ She's too fond of idle gossip. ❍ It's common gossip that they're having an affair (ie everyone is saying so). ၂။ [U] ( often derog ) အတင္းစကား (သတင္းက႑)။ the paper's gossip column ❍ a gossip columnist/ writer (ie a writer of such material). ၃။ [C] အတင္းအဖ်င္းစကား။ have a good gossip with a friend. ၄။ [C] ( derog or joc ) အတင္းအဖ်င္း ေျပာတတ္သူ။ You're nothing but an old gossip! v ~ (with sb) (about sth) အတင္းအဖ်င္းစကား ေျပာသည္။ I can't stand here gossiping all day. ❍ TALK n ❏ gossipy /'gɒsÇpi / adj အတင္းအဖ်င္းပါေသာ။ အတင္းအဖ်င္းေျပာတတ္ေသာ။ a gossipy letter/ woman.

Examples

1. One day Sam heard an interesting piece of gossip.
2. I never listen to office gossip.
3. He liked a good gossip when he arrived at the office.
4. My uncle Michael was a great gossip.