| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word. Slang : scuttlebutt. See WORDS. | | VERB: | To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See WORDS.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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