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gossipy

[ gos-uh-pee ]

adjective

  1. given to or fond of gossip:

    a gossipy neighbor.

  2. full of gossip:

    a gossipy tabloid.



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Other Words From

  • gossip·i·ness noun
  • un·gossip·y adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gossipy1

First recorded in 1810–20; gossip + -y 1

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Example Sentences

We merely want the gossipy, titillating stories of sculpted men and women pumping and screaming.

He's become an Internet sensation for his beauty tips and gossipy reality series.

The Oath By Jeffrey Toobin My CNN colleague has produced a book on the Supreme Court that is somehow both wonky and gossipy.

Its gossipy anecdotes are lively, memorable, and at times gloriously unreliable.

In its gossipy pages, it is recognition and reward that are valued, not the pursuit of truth.

Very different it was from the chatty, gossipy way in which she filled the "Woman's Kingdom," on the back page of the Express.

Six years in that gossipy village had made me, so I thought, capable of rising above such things.

There was a message from Jerry, a short gossipy note from his publisher, and another love letter from Havana.

If only it might not be some scolding bluejay; or perhaps a gossipy crow, perched on a neighboring dead tree.

I thought she'd do; she seemed a gossipy woman, kept on knitting and gassing over a stove in the hall.

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