Reverse Dictionary: GOS – GQ

GOSPEL – nouns
– BASE lines sung by the chorus in gospel singing …1863 Amer. dial.
– VANGEL † gospel …a1340
gospel – person 
– BASER in gospel singing: a member of the chorus; also, lines sung by the chorus …1867 Amer. dial.
 
GOSSIP, GOSSIPING – adjectives
– BUZZWORTHY worthy of attention and gossip …Amer. sl.
– CADDLING gossiping, untruthful …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLETING pert, saucy, gossiping …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLING gossiping, idling …1847 Eng. dial.
– CANKING gossiping, chattering; whining, peevish …1790 Eng. dial.
– GADLY inclined to go about gossiping …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– HAFFLING AND JAFFLING chattering, gossiping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– HAIKIN’ wandering, idle, worthless; gossiping from house to house …1836 Sc.
– HAVERING chattering, nonsensical, gossiping, garrulous …1721 Sc.
– LONG-TONGUED talkative, prating, babbling, gossiping, vindictive …1899 Amer. dial.
– MACOCIOUS inclined to gossip …1977 Trinidad and Tobago
– NAFFLING AND SHAFFLING ABOUT gossiping …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– NASH-GABBIT talkative, gossiping …1873 Sc.
– NEWSFUL full of gossip …1812 Sc. 
– NEWS-GIZZENED parched for want of news or gossip …1871 Sc. 
– NEWSIE, NEWSY inclined to gossip, talkative, garrulous, talking a lot …1825 Sc. 
– RATTLE-TONGUED talkative, garrulous, gossiping …1876 Amer. dial.
– TALEWISE † given to tales or talking; addicted to gossip; loquacious, garrulous, blabbing …c1200
– TART of gossip, etc.: stinging, striking …1901 Sc.
– TITTLE-TATTLE addicted to tattling; gossiping …1719
– TWIT-TWAT † addicted to chatter, gossiping …1677
– WAFFLY given to chattering and gossiping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
gossip, gossiping – nouns
– ABBA-DABBA chatter, gossip …1961 US sl.
– BABBLE an idle, foolish story; gossip …1855 Eng. dial.
– BABBLES AND SAUNTERS gossiping tales and repetitions …1868 Eng. dial.
– BACKTALKING gossiping conversation …1968 Amer. dial.
– BAD MOUTH malicious gossip or criticism …N. Amer. sl.
– BATCH a bout or turn of drinking, card-playing, gossip, etc. …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BLABBER-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip …1968 Amer. sl.
– BLAB-FEST a gathering of people for talking or gossip …1942 Amer. sl.
– BLUTTER a great deal of nonsensical gossip …Bk1866 Sc.
– CABAL a group of people met together for gossip or drinking …1704 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CABALLING gossiping, chattering …1891 Eng. dial.
– CADDLEMENT fuss, confusion; gossip, chatter …1889 Eng. dial.
– CAFFLING gossiping, idle chattering …L19 Ireland
– CAG an argument; a dispute; gossip …L18 sl.
– CAGMAG chatter, idle talk; gossip; an unsettled argument …19C Eng. dial.
– CAILEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours …1843 Ireland
– CAL talk, gossip …1841 Eng. dial.
– CALEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours …1843 Ireland
– CALL-HOIL a place for gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLING gossip, scandal, idling …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLING-HOIL a place for gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLING-SHOP a place for gossip …1868 Eng. dial.
– CAMPLE talk, angry words, conversation, chat, a gossiping conversation …1867 Eng. dial.
– CANK gossip, chatter; a chat …1740 Eng. dial.
– CANKING gossip, chattering …1850 Eng. dial.
– CAYLEY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours …1843 Ireland
– CHAFF-CUTTER gossip; slander …M19 sl.
– CHATTERMAG chatter, talk, gossip …19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
– CHATTY-CHATTY a habitual gossip …1950s W. Indies sl.
– CHIN FEST a session of idle talk and gossip; a discussion …20C US sl.
– CHIT-CHAT talk, conversation, often gossipy conversation …1605 
– CLISH-CLASH idle gossip, scandal …1807 Sc.
– CLISHMACLASH clish-clash, idle gossiping talk, scandal …Bk1885 Sc.
– CLISH-MA-CLAVER idle or foolish talk; gossip; nonsense; false or scandalous reports, rumour …1728 Sc.
– CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip …1869 Eng. dial.
– CONK gossip, chatter; a chat …1740 Eng. dial.
– COOZE, COUSE * a chat, a gossip …1880 Eng. dial. rare
​- CRAKE a talk; gossip, tale-telling, generally of an ill-natured kind …19C Eng. dial.
– CUGGER-MUGGER a confabulation, a secret conversation; a whispering, a gossiping in a low voice …1862 Ireland
– DIDDLE tittle-tattle; a gossiping tale …1895 Eng. dial.
– DIRT filth, obscenity, scurrilous information or gossip …1926 sl.
– EARFUL a tremendous amount of gossip …Bk2006 US sl.
– FAT-CHEWING a gabfest; a spirited conversation; gossip …1957 Amer. dial.
– FLAPJAW chatter; gossip …Bk2006 US sl.
– GABFEST a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation; discussion; unrestrained talk; gossip …1897 sl., orig. US
– GADDINGS gossiping visits …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAFF news, gossip …1940s Irish sl.
– GAMMOCKING gossiping, idling …1839 Eng. dial.
– GANGE pert, foolish speaking; a gossiping tongue …1866 Sc.
– GRAVEL gossip …Bk1942 US sl.
– GUMBO-YA-YA a gathering of women at which there is much chatter and gossip …1941 Amer. dial.
– GUP gossip; also, silly talk, blather, nonsense …c1806 Anglo-Indian 
– GUP-GUP gossip; scandal …1809 Anglo-Indian colloq.
– HAIVER a gossip, a desultory chat …1842 Sc.
– HAIVERS nonsense, foolish talk, gossip, chatter …1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HASH nonsense; gossip …1927 Amer. dial.
– HAVER a gossip, a desultory chat …1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HAVERING chatter, gossip, nonsense …c1800 Sc.
– HOB-GOB silly, empty talk; gossip, chat …B1900 Eng. dial.
– JABBER gossip …1930s sl.
– JAYBIRD GOSSIP the petty gossip of the backyard, malicious and amusing like the raucous chatter of the jays …1950 Amer. dial.
– JUICY G salacious gossip …1989 US sl.
– KALEY, KALY a call, a friendly visit, chat, gossip among neighbours …1843 Ireland
– KALYIN gossiping …1954 Sc.
– LABRISH gossip, chatter …1940s W. Indies
– LAIG idle, silly talk; gossip …1844 Sc.
– LATRINE WIRELESS the exchange of gossip at a latrine …World War II Brit. usage
– LICKMOUTH cheap, nasty gossip …20C W. Indies sl.
– LONG-TAILED WHISTLE the spreading of gossip …1822 Sc.
– MAG prattle, chatter; a talk, gossip, chat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MARDLE a gossip; a long talk …1893 Eng. dial.
– MILL-HOUSE STORY a piece of doubtful gossip …1871 Eng. dial.
– NANTLING gossiping or trifling matters …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEWS gossip; talk, conversation; the subject of talk …1844 Sc.
– NEWSING gossiping …1873 Eng. dial.
– NIGGERGRAM (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip …20C W. Indies sl.
– NIGGER-MOUTH (derogatory) a stupid rumour; demeaning gossip …20C W. Indies sl.
– NIGGER NEWS (derogatory) gossip …1859 Amer. dial.
– NIGGER TALK (derogatory) chatter; irresponsible gossip …M19 US sl.
– ODD TALK chatter, gossip, trifling dialogue …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD BUCK impudence, cheek; gossip; abuse …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OLD TALK chatter, gossip, rhetoric, empty boasting …20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
– PADDY-NODDY a long, tedious tale; a roundabout story; silly matter for gossip …1865 Eng. dial.
– PIG HASH nonsense; gossip …1967 Amer. dial.
– QUID-NUNC-ISM curiosity; love of news or gossip …1847 nonce word
– QUIDNUNCKERY curiosity; love of news or gossip …1804 nonce word
– RAKE a gossiping meeting …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ROAD TALK gossip, a rumour …1982 Bahamas
– SCANMAG chatter, gossip, scandal …E18 sl.
– SCHMOOSE a lengthy gossipy conversation …1939 sl., orig. US
– SCHMOOZE a lengthy gossipy conversation …1939 sl., orig. US
– SCLAIVER a piece of scandal; idle or slanderous gossip …1921 Sc.
– SCUTTLEBUTT gossip …US Civil War usage
– SEH-SEH SEH-SEH gossip …1990s W. Indies sl.
– SHE-SHE TALK woman’s talk, gabble, gossip …1922 Amer. dial.
– SKINDER gossip, slanderous rumour …1979 S. Afr.
– SKINDERING an act of gossiping …1981 S. Afr.
– SKINNER gossip, slanderous rumour …1979 S. Afr.
– TALE-IDLE a false report; gossip …1931 Amer. dial.
– TALING * telling of tales, talking, gossiping; also, a tale …1382
– TELL a talk, conversation; gossip, chat; tidings, news …1867 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– TITTLE-TATTLE talk, chatter, prattle; esp. empty or trifling talk about trivial matters; petty gossip …a1529
– TONGUE-WORK chatter, gossip, babble …1866
– TWITTLE-TWATTLE † idle talk, chatter, gossip, tittle-tattle …1556
– VICEVERSATION a conversation about others’ vices; malicious gossip …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– WAFFLE twaddle, nonsense, gossip …1888 printers’ sl.
– WORD, THE gossip, rumours …1961 US sl.
– YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip …1866 Sc.
– YAMMLOCH a social gathering, chiefly for the exchange of gossip …1900 Sc.
– YAPE gossip …1894 Eng. dial.
gossip, gossiping – person
– BABBLER one who tells too freely what he knows; a prating gossip; a teller of secrets; a blabber; a talebearer …1555
– BABBLING BROOK a gossip, a chatty person …1913 US sl.
– BAG-PUNCHER a complainer; one who talks at length, gossips, or chats …1902 Amer. sl.
– BARBER’S CAT a gossip, a chatterer, one who prefers talk to action …1842 sl.
– BAT a disagreeable, despicable, or foolish woman or girl; a quarrelsome, unpleasant or cranky woman; a gossipy or mean old woman; a shrew or termagant …1886
– BELL-WETHER a clamorous person; one ready to give mouth; a gossiping woman; a fretful child …c1460
– BESSY a busybody, a gossip …1980 W. Indies
– BIDDY a woman, often used disparagingly, esp. of an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman …L18
– BLAB an open-mouthed person; one who has not sufficient control over his tongue; a revealer of secrets or of what ought to be kept private; a babbler, a tattler, a telltale …c1374
– BLABBERGUTS one who talks too much or betrays secrets; a gossip; a telltale …1977 US sl.
– BLABBERLIP an indiscreet talker, a gossip, a telltale …c1551 UK sl.
– BLABBERMOUTH one who reveals secrets, a telltale, a gossip, an indiscreet talker …1916 sl., orig. US
– BLAB-BLAB a too-ready talker; a gossip; a blabmouth …c1960 Amer. dial.
– BLAB-CHOPS a talkative person, a gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BLAB-MOUTH a talkative person, a gossip …1850 Eng. dial.
– BLABMOUTHER a talkative person; an indiscreet talker; a gossip, a telltale …1893 US sl.
– BLACK EAGLE a retailer of latrine rumours …Bk1947 US Army sl.
– BLATHERGAB a gossip, a chatterer …1942 Amer. dial.
– BLOB-TONGUE one who blurts out a secret; a telltale; a blab; a gossip …1886 Eng. dial.
– BLUTTER a person much addicted to gossip; a rash, noisy talker …Bk1866 Sc.
– BOBBER a gossip …Bk1942 US sl.
– BONE CARRIER a gossip …1939 Amer. dial.
– BUSY-LICKUM a gossip, a tattletale …1990s W. Indies sl.
– BUZZSAW a gossip …Bk1942 US sl.
– CACKLE one who chats or gossips; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret …a1225 sl.
– CACKLER one who chats or gossips; a talkative person; a telltale, tattler, or blabber; one who divulges a secret …a1400 sl.
– CAGMAG a gossip, a newsmonger;  a pert, meddling woman or girl …19C Eng. dial.
– CAL a gossip, an idler …1888 Eng. dial.
– CALIK a gossip …1935 Sc.
– CALLER a gossip, an idler …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALLETER a gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CANK a gossip, a telltale …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAT a gossipy woman …Bk2006 US sl.
– CHAT a male gossip …1950s W. Indies
– CHATTERMAG a chatterbox, a talkative woman, a gossip …19C Eng. dial. or colloq.
– CLANG-BANGER a talebearer, a gossiping mischief-maker …1870 Eng. dial.
– CLAPPER-TONGUE a loud, noisy tongue; incessant talk; a female who is loud in speech or much given to gossip …1822 Sc.
– CLATTERN a gossip; a chatterer; a tattler; a babbler …1725 Sc.
– CLATTER-STOUP a chattering, noisy person; a gossip …1822 Sc.
– CLATTER-VENGEANCE a talkative, gossiping person …1899 Sc.
– CLATTER-WALLET a chatterbox; an incessant talker; a gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CLIT-CLAT a talkative person, a gossip; a telltale, a blab; the noise made by a talkative person; foolish talk, gossip …1869 Eng. dial.
– DEVIL’S PACK-PEDDLER a gossiper …1939 Amer. dial.
– EAR DUSTER a gossipy person …20C teen & high school sl.
– EAR HUSTLER a gossip; an eavesdropper …1990s US Black sl.
– EARWIG † a malicious gossip or flatterer …1633
– FARGE a gossip; an intruder, a spy …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FLIBBERTIGIBBET a chattering or gossiping person; a flighty, restless, or frivolous woman; a scatterbrain; an oaf …1549
– FLITTERTIGIBBET a scatterbrain; an oaf; a gossiper …M16 
– FRUMP an old woman with one or more of the following qualities: primness, wrinkles, slatternliness, gossipiness, grouchiness, or a holier-than-thou attitude …19C
– GAB-BAG a gossip …1940s Aust. sl.
– GABBER a person who talks a great deal; a fluent or skilful speaker; also, later, a person who talks too much; an indiscreet talkative person; a prattler; a gossip …1792
– GABBLE a chatterer, a gossip …19C
– GABBLEBLOOTER  a loud talker; a prattler; a gossip; a boaster …20C N. Ireland sl. 
– GABBLE-GRINDER † a talkative person; a gossip …19C sl.
– GABBY a gossip; a talebearer …1915 US sl.
– GABSTER an eloquent or artfully persuasive speaker; a person with the gift of the gab; also, any talkative person; a chatterer; a gossip …1870 colloq.
– GAD † a person who goes about spreading gossip; a busybody; a newsmonger; a talkative person …1756 obs. exc. dial.
– GADABOUT † one who gads about, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gossip, a busybody …1757
– GAD-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip …1810 
– GADDER one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip; a gadabout, a busybody, a gossip; a talkative person; an idle woman … 1550
– GADDER-ABOUT † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip … 1568
– GADDER-ABROAD † one who wanders or roves, esp. from motives of curiosity or gossip … 1577
– GAMP an interfering busybody; an idle, meddling person; an empty-headed, noisy fellow; a gossip …1868 sl.
– GASBAG a person who talks at length but says little of value; an empty talker; a long-winded orator; a ‘windbag’; a gossip; a boaster, a braggart …1841 sl.
– GATEMOUTH a person having a large mouth; a talkative person; a chronic gossip; a loudmouth …1926 US Black sl.
– GECK a person who tells tales behind another’s back; a gossip …1997 Irish sl.
– GHOUL a newspaper retailer of gossip …Bk1903 sl.
– GIMMER a term of contempt for a woman; a female friend; a gossip …1773 Sc.
– GLAB a talkative person; a chatterer, a gossip …Bk1879 Eng. dial.
– GLAIVER, GLAVER †* one who is addicted to idle, foolish gossip; an idle, foolish person …a1400-50 obs. rare exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GOSSIP FAB a gossip …1966 Amer. dial.
– GROLL † a foolish or superficial person; a gossip, a smatterer …1637
– HAIG a female whose chief delight is to fly from place to place, telling tales concerning her neighbours …1825 Sc.
– HAIK a person who wanders idly from place to place; a layabout; an idler …a1529 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HAIVERIL, HAIVREL, HAVEREL, HAVERIL, HAVREL – a person given to foolish or inconsequential chatter or gossip; also, a stupid or ignorant person, a fool, a simpleton …1772 Sc.
– HEIFER a talkative woman; a meddlesome gossip …1953 US sl.
– HEN a fussy old woman, or a woman who likes to gossip; a termagant; a shrew …1924 Amer. sl. 
– KEG-MEG a gossip, a newsmonger; a pert, meddling woman or girl …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– LAB, LABBE † a blab; a telltale; a great talker; a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot keep a secret …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LABA, LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person …1950s W. Indies
– LABA-LABA, LABBA-LABBA a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person …1950s W. Indies
– LABBIGAN a gossip …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LABICAN a gossip, a tattler, a busybody …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LAIG a person given to gossip …Bk1902 Sc.
– LONG-TONGUE a chatterbox, talebearer, telltale, gossip, blabber, a divulger of secrets; an unusually talkative woman; a scold …1847
– MACO,MAKO a gossip, a busybody …20C W. Indies sl.
– MACO-MAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome man …20C W. Indies sl.
– MACO-WOMAN an inquisitive, gossipy, or meddlesome woman …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAKO a gossip, a busybody …20C W. Indies sl.
– MARDLE one who gossips; a lounging, idle woman …Bk1905 Sc.
– MARDLER a gossip; one given to gossiping …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAUNDER a gossip; a babbler …1870 Sc.
– MAUNDREL a gossip; a babbler …1814 Sc.
– MIGHTY MOUTH someone who talks too much and spreads gossip or reveals secrets …1974 sl.
– MISS LASHEY a male gossip …1950s W. Indies
– MOTORMOUTH a person who talks fast and incessantly, usually to little purpose; a chatterbox; a gossip …1955 sl., orig. US
– MOUT-A-MASSEY, MOUT-A-MASSI a gossip; a chatterbox …1966 W. Indies
– MOUTH a person who is a gossip; one who is known to divulge confidences or secrets …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– MOUT-HAB-NUTTIN-FE-DO a chatterbox, a malicious gossip; ‘mouth has nothing (better) to do’ …1943 W. Indies
– MOUTHAR a chatterbox; a gossip; one who cannot be trusted to keep secrets …1970 W. Indies
– MOUTY-MOUTY, MOWTI-MOWTI a gossip, a chatterbox …1942 W. Indies
– NABBLER a gossip; a mischief-maker; an argumentative, captious person …1894 Eng. dial.
– NASH-GAB a pert or gossiping person, an impertinent, ill-natured fellow, a forward, prattling girl …1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NASH-GOB a pert or gossiping person …1816 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– NEWS-BAG a gossiping person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEWS BUG a gossip …1950s W. Indies sl.
– NEWSER a gossip, a retailer of news …1900 Sc.
– NEWS-HUGGER a news-carrier; a gossip; a newspaper seller …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEWS PACKER a tattletale, a gossip …1983 Amer. dial.
– NEWS-POAK a gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEWSY-BREECHES a gossip; a busybody; an inquisitive person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NOSY ROSY one who is always poking into other people’s affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip …1965 Amer. dial.
– OLD BIDDY an elderly, gossipy, or dissolute woman; a fussy, mean or quarrelsome old woman …1938 colloq.
– OLD WIFE a talkative, gossiping person …1737 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PASSA a scandal-monger, a gossip, a telltale; always of a woman …1908 Sc.
– PRITTLE-PRATTLE * a silly chatterer, a gossip …1725 now rare or Eng. dial.
– QUACK a great gossip …1896 Eng. dial.
– QUIDNUNC one who is constantly asking: ‘What now?’ ‘What’s the news?’; one who is curious to know everything;  one who pretends to know all that is going on; hence, an inquisitive person; a gossip, a newsmonger …1709
– RAIK a roving, gadabout person or animal; one who wanders about from place to place in search of gossip or entertainment …1825 Sc.
– RATTLEHEAD a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person …1966 Amer. dial.
– RATTLEMOUTH a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person …1966 Amer. dial.
– RATTLE-TONGUE a garrulous or gossiping person …1876 Amer. dial.
– RATTLETRAP a talkative, garrulous, or gossiping person; a lively giddy girl …Bk1904 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ROSY NOSY one who is always poking into other people’s affairs; a nosy, meddlesome person; a gossip …1965 Amer. dial.
– RUN-ABOUT a gossip …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SACK MOUTH a chatterer, a gossip …1980s US Black sl.
– SATCH any man who talks a lot; esp. a gossip, a politician, etc.; often used as a nickname …1945 Amer. sl. 
– SCALLYBATCH a woman addicted to spending much time in neighbours’ houses; a gadabout gossiping woman …1911 Sc.
– SCANDAL-BEARER a propagator of scandal or malicious gossip …Bk1898
– SCANDAL-JOBBER a scandal-monger; one who spreads scandal or gossip …1873 Eng. dial.
– SCANDAL-MONGER a person who spreads scandal or gossip; one who spreads defamatory reports or rumours concerning the character or reputation of others …1721
– SCLAIVER a gossip, a rumour-monger, a slanderer …1920 Sc.
– SCLAVE a gossip; one who tittle-tattles; a scandal-monger …1969 Sc.
– SHIT-DISTURBER a malicious gossip …20C sl.
– SKINDERER a gossip …1993 S. Afr.
– TABBY a spiteful or ill-natured female gossip or tattler …1748
– TAGUE FOR THE TONGUE, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox …c1850 Sc.
– TAGUE FOR TONGUEING, A an interminable talker, a gossip, a chatterbox …c1850 Sc.
– TALE-HEARER a willing listener to scandal or gossip …1647
– TALE PACKER a tattletale, a gossip …1939 Amer. dial.
– TATTLE-BOX a chatterbox; a prating gossip …1911 sl.
– TATTLE-MONGER a chatterbox; a gossip …1848
– TATTLER an idle talker; a chatterer; a gossip; a talebearer; a telltale …1550
– THRUMP a gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TITTLER † one who tattles; a whisperer, a telltale, a talebearer; a gossip …1399 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TITTLE-TATTLE † a habitual tattler; one given up to gossip; esp. a woman so addicted …1580
– TITTLE-TATTLER one addicted to tattling; an idle talker, a gossip …1600
– TONGUESTER a talkative person; a great talker; a gossip, a babbler, a chatterer …1871
– TRIDDLER a woman gossiper …1936 Amer. dial.
– TV a gossip …1960s homosexual sl. 
– UNCUS-POKE a gossip; a very talkative person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VITCHER a visitor; one who goes the rounds with gossip …1899 Sc.
– WAG-TONGUE a malicious chatterer; one who gossips …1902 
– WALK-ABOUT of a woman: a busybody, a gossip …1996 W. Indies
– WALK-A-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip …1996 W. Indies
– WALK-A-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip …1996 W. Indies
– WALKER-LEG of a woman: a busybody, a gossip …1996 W. Indies
– WALKER-PICKY of a woman: a busybody, a gossip …1996 W. Indies
– WALTER WINCHELL one who talks too much; a gossip; an informer …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– YAAG a gossip …Bk1866 Sc.
– YAAGER one given to gossip …Bk1866 Sc.
– YACHNA a strident, blabbermouth woman; a gossip …Bk1982 Jewish 
– YACKER a gossip, a loquacious talker …1959 Aust. sl.
– YAG gossip, chatter; the act of gossiping; a gossip …1866 Sc.
– YAKKER one who yacks; one who talks too much; a loquacious person; a chatterbox or gossip …1959 sl.
– YATTER an incessant talker; a gossip …1825 Sc.
– YENTA a talkative or gossipy woman; a busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a coarse woman; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging, whining person, usually female …1923 US
– YENTCH a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew …1923 US
– YENTE a gossip or busybody; a noisy, vulgar person; a scolding woman or shrew; a nagging woman …1923 US
– ZOOT SNOOT an overly curious person; a gossip or snoop …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
gossip, gossiping – person, other
– TALK OF THE TOWN one who is the subject of gossip or rumour …Bk1988 Aust. sl. 
gossip, gossiping – verbs
– BATSHIT to gossip, to chatter inconsequentially …1960s US sl.
– BEAK to gossip; to chatter …Bk2006 US sl.
– BEAT THE BREEZE to gossip, to chat …1944 Amer. sl.
– BEAT THE BULL to gossip, to chat …1974 Amer. sl.
– BLANDER to babble; to waste time in gossiping; to spread a report or calumny; to exaggerate or misstate …19C Sc.
– BLITZ THE DIRT to gossip …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– CABIN-HUNT to go about from house to house to gossip …1920 Ireland
– CADDLE to gossip, to chatter …1889 Eng. dial.
– CAFFLE to gossip and make mischief …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAG to chatter, to gossip …1875 Eng. dial.
– CAGMAG to chat idly; to gossip …Eng. dial.
– CAILEY, CALEY to chat, to gossip …1892 Ireland
– CALL to tattle, to gossip, to spread reports; to run about idly …1872 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CALL CLASHES to spread malicious reports, to gossip, to tattle …Bk1898 Sc.
– CALLET to gossip, to talk …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAMP to talk, to chat, to gossip …1790 Eng. dial.
– CANAIVE to gossip, usually maliciously …1925 Sc.
– CANK to gossip, to chatter, to prate …1856 Eng. dial.
– CARRY NEWS to gossip …1970 Trinidad and Tobago
– CAYLEY to chat, to gossip …1892 Ireland
– CHAT-CHAT to gossip …1950s W. Indies sl.
– CHAT SOMEONE’S NAME to gossip maliciously about an absent third party …1950s W. Indies & Jamaica
– CHAT UP to gossip, to talk familiarly …20C W. Indies
– CHEW to talk, to converse, to gossip …c1920 sl.
– CHEW THE FAT to talk; to gossip; to chat at length, esp. about trivial matters …20C Amer. sl.
– CHIN to talk, to chat; to gossip …1872 Amer. sl.
– CLISH-MA-CLAVER to indulge in idle talk, gossip, etc. …1821 Sc.
– COOZE * to chat, to gossip …1870 Eng. dial. 
​- CRACK to chat; to gossip …Sc.
– CRAKE † to boast, brag; to gossip …1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– CRONK 1. to prate, to gossip in a malicious way …1790 Eng. dial.
2. to lounge, to sit about gossiping …1870 Eng. dial.
– CUT UP OLD TOUCHES to gossip or reminisce ..1931 US sl.
– CUT UP TOUCHES to gossip or reminisce ..1941 US sl.
– DEAL DIRT to gossip; to malign …1970s US Black sl.
– DEAL IN DIRT to gossip; to malign …1970s US Black sl.
– DIDDLE to tattle, to gossip …1810 Eng. dial.
– DING OVER to gossip, to backbite, to discuss someone when absent …1876 Eng. dial.
– DISH to criticize someone or something; to spread gossip about someone or something …Bk2006 US sl.
– DISH THE DIRT to spread gossip; to gossip …Bk2006 US sl.
– EARWAG to gossip …1980s NZ sl.
– EARWIG to gossip, esp. maliciously; to feed another with unpleasant rumours …19C sl.
– EAT UP THE DIRT to listen to gossip …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– FAFF ABOUT to make a fuss, to waste one’s energies in empty breath; to gossip …1874 Eng. dial.
– FAN THE AIR to chatter; to gossip …1929 Amer. sl.
– FAN THE BREEZE to chatter, to gossip …1946 Amer. dial.
– FAN THE FIRE to chatter, to gossip …1966 Amer. dial.
– FARGE to gossip; to loiter about, to waste time …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAB ABOUT to go from place to place gossiping; to gad about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GADDIWANT to gossip; to gallivant …1893 Eng. dial.
– GADDYWENT to gossip; to gallivant …1893 Eng. dial.
– GAD UP AND DOWN to go out gossiping …L17 sl.
– GAMMER to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMER ABOUT to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMER AWAY to idle, to trifle, to gossip; to saunter, to dawdle …1788 Eng. dial.
– GAMMOCK to gossip, to idle; to potter, to walk about aimlessly …1863 Eng. dial.
– GANGE to prate tediously; to chatter; to gossip …1825 Sc.
– GANNICK to lark about; to play, to frolic; to loiter, to idle, to gossip …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– GAPE ABOUT to run gossiping about …Bk1900 Eng. dial.  
– GASH to talk, to converse, to gossip …a1774 Sc.
– GIVE WITH THE BUZZ to gossip …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GLAVER to chatter, to babble, to talk foolishly or heedlessly; to gossip …Bk1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
​- HAIVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HAVE ITCHING EARS to be eager to hear news or gossip …Bk1897
– HAVER to talk in a foolish or trivial manner; to speak nonsense, to babble, to gossip …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HAWSE to gossip …Bk1888 Eng. dial.
– JABBER to gossip …M19 sl.
– KAILIE to gossip …1931 Sc.
– KALEY to chat, to gossip …1892 Ireland
– KALY to chat, to gossip …1892 Ireland
– KNABBLE to chatter; to gossip; to idle about …Bk1903 Eng. dial.
– LABA-LABA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets …1960s W. Indies
– LABBA-LABBA to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets …1960s W. Indies
– LABRISH to tell tales, to gossip …1940s W. Indies
– LAIG to talk loudly and foolishly; to gossip, to talk idly …1871 Sc.
– LALDER to gossip …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLACK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– LALLOCK to idle about; to go gossiping from house to house …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– MACO to gossip scandalously …20C W. Indies. sl.
– MAG to chatter, prattle, talk continuously; to gossip, chat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MAKO to gossip scandalously …20C W. Indies. sl.
– MANK to prank, to romp; to play tricks; to pretend to work, to gossip …1864 Eng. dial.
– MARDLE to gossip; to waste time in gossiping; to dawdle …1892 Eng. dial.
– MESS OVER to waste time, to loiter, to run about gossiping, to do nothing in particular …1884 Eng. dial.
– NABBLE  to chatter; to gossip …B1900 Eng. dial.
– NEIGHBOUR to associate with; to be on intimate terms; to visit; to go about gossiping …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEWS to tell as news; to chat; to gossip …1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NORATE to talk of as a piece of gossip …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– OLD TALK to chatter, to gossip, to make empty promises …20C W. Indies & UK Black sl.
– PACK NEWS to gossip; to tattle; to tell tales …1903 Amer. dial.
– PACK TALES to gossip, to tattle, to tell tales …1950 Amer. dial.
– PALAVER to flatter; to gossip …1895 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PARLEY to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip …1836 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PARLIE to speak, to talk, to converse; to gossip …1836 Sc.
– PASS to pass on gossip, to tell tales, to betray confidences …1908 Sc.
– POP JUNK to gossip …1940s US sl.
– PUNCH THE BAG to complain; to talk at length, to gossip, to chat …1901 Amer. sl.
– QUACK to chatter; to talk for the sake of talking; to gossip; to be noisy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUILL to be very friendly and spend time gossiping …1969 Amer. dial.
– RAG to gossip …1970s US sl.
– RANNEL to talk in a rambling, gossiping way …1896 Eng. dial.
– RATTLE ON to talk aimlessly; to gossip …20C US sl.
– RUN-ABOUT to go gossiping …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SCANMAG to chatter; to gossip …E18 sl.
– SCHMOOSE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation …1897 sl., orig. US
– SCHMOOZE to have a lengthy gossipy conversation …1897 sl., orig. US
– SCLAVE to spread a story though gossip or tittle-tattle; to rumour-monger; spec. of malicious rumours, to slander, to defame, to calumniate …1825 Sc.
– SCLORE to chat or talk in a long gossipy manner; to prate, to babble …c1870 Sc.
– SHAKE A MEAN LIP to tell irresponsible stories; to gossip …Amer. World War I sl.
– SHOOT THE SHIT to talk in an informal manner; to gossip or banter …1947 sl., orig. US
– SIDEBUST to gossip, to tell tales …1990s US Black sl.
– SIGNIFY to use language in a cunning, indirect, and often malicious way; to make a sly verbal attack; broadly, to engage in deceptive, manipulative or mocking behaviour; to gossip; to stir up trouble …1929 Amer. dial. Black usage
– SKINDER to gossip …1942 S. Afr.
– SKINNER to gossip …1942 S. Afr.
– TALE † to discourse, to talk, to chatter; to gossip; to tell tales …c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– TALK SMACK to gossip maliciously …1980s US Black & teen sl.
– TALK STORY to gossip; to engage in idle conversation …1981 US teen sl.
– TANK to gossip; to chatter; to loiter idly about …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– TAT to gossip, to tattle …1953 Amer. dial.
– THRUMP to gossip …1824 Eng. dial.
– TITTLE to speak in a whisper or in a low voice, to whisper; also, to tell or utter by way of tattle or gossip; to tell a person confidentially …1399 Eng. dial. & colloq.
– TITTLE-TATTLE to chatter, to prate; to talk idly; to gossip …1583
– TOTE to pass on news or gossip, esp. with malicious intent …1867 Amer. dial.
– UNRAVEL THE GRAVEL to gossip …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– VITCH to visit, esp. to call on one’s friends to exchange news or gossip; to make a prolonged stay …a1838 Sc.
– WAB to chatter; to gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WAFFLE to go about gossiping …1701 Eng. dial.
– WAG ONE’S CHIN to talk, to gossip, to complain …E18 sl.
– WAG ONE’S CHOPS to talk, to gossip, to complain …E18 sl.
– WAG ONE’S JAW to talk, to gossip, to complain …E18 sl.
– WAG ONE’S TONGUE to talk, to gossip, to complain …E18 sl.
– YABBLE to talk in a voluble or excited way; to chatter, to gossip …1808 Sc.
– YACKER to talk, to chatter, to gossip …1950s Aust. sl.
– YAFFLE ABOUT to gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– YAG to gossip, to chatter, to prate …1866 Sc.
– YAKKER to talk loquaciously; to chatter; to gossip …1961 sl.
– YAPE to gossip …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
gossip, gossiping – phrases
– DOG THAT FETCHES WILL CARRY, THE a person who tells you gossip about others is also likely to spread gossip about you …1830
– DOG THAT WILL BRING A BONE WILL CARRY ONE, A a person who tells you gossip about others is also likely to spread gossip about you …1850
– GIVE WITH THE BUZZ tell me the gossip, dish the dirt …1944 Amer. sl.
– IF A DOG WILL BRING A BONE,  HE’LL CARRY A BONE a person who tells you gossip about others is also likely to spread gossip about you …2011
 
GOSSIPY – adjectives
– LABRISH talkative, gossipy …1940s W. Indies
– MACO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome …20C W. Indies sl.
– MAKO inquisitive, gossipy, meddlesome …20C W. Indies sl.
– NEWSY of a person: news-loving; inquisitive, prying, nosy, gossipy …1899 Amer. dial.
– TALKIFIED talkative, chatty, gossipy …1938 Amer. dial.
 
GO UP – verbs
– AMOUNT † to go up; to ascend; to mount …ME
 
GOURMAND – person
– GORREL a glutton, a gourmand …1888 Eng. dial.
– GRAND-PAUNCH † a greedy fellow; a glutton, a gourmand …1601
 
GOURMET – person
– GASTRONOME one skilled in what goes into the belly; a judge of good eating; a gourmet, an epicure …1823
 
GOUT – adjectives
– OEDIPODIC † swollen-footed, gouty …1694 nonce word
gout – nouns
– HAND-EVIL † gout in the hands …1562.
– SALMON gout …1932 UK rhyming sl. (salmon and trout)
– SALMON AND TROUT gout …1932 UK rhyming sl.
– SALMON TROUT gout …1932 UK rhyming sl.
 
GOVERN – person
– ORDINATOR † one who orders, regulates, directs, or governs …1615
govern – verbs
– GUY † to command an army, etc.; to govern or rule a country; to administer or manage affairs or an office …c1330
– IMPERATE † to command, to rule, to govern …1599
– LEAD † to conduct affairs; to manage, to govern …c1200
– ORDAIN † to set in proper order or position; to arrange; to keep in due order; to regulate, to govern, to direct, to manage, to conduct …c1300 exc.
– ORDINATE † to order, to regulate, to control, to govern, to direct …1595 rare or obs.
– RATE to rule, to govern …1854 Eng. dial.
– WARD † to rule, to govern a land or people; to administer an estate; to act as guardian to a child …a1000
– YEME † to have the command or oversight of; to rule, to govern, to manage, to control …c1000
 
GOVERNING – adjectives
– PANARCHIC † all-ruling, all-governing …1610 nonce word
– REGITIVE †* ruling, governing …a1412
 
GOVERNMENT – adjectives
– GYNAECOCRATICAL, GYNECOCRATICAL pert. to female government …1856
– HAMACRATIC pert. to government based on mutual action …1838
– OCHLOCRATIC pert. to ochlocracy (see nouns) …1835
– OCHLOCRATORIC †* pert. to a ruler of the multitude …1647
– OLIGARCHAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy …1787
– OLIGARCHIC pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy …a1649
– OLIGARCHICAL pert to an oligarchy; carried on, administered or governed by an oligarchy; supporting or advocating oligarchy …1586
government – adverbs
– OLIGARCHICALLY in an oligarchical manner …1850
government – nouns 
– ANDROCRACY the rule of man or the male; male supremacy …1903
– AUTONOMISM the principle or system of autonomy or self-government …1874
– BARBAROCRACY government or rule by barbarians, as that of Italy by the German emperors …1866
– BIARCHY government by two; dual sovereignty …1847
– CANNONARCHY government by cannon; usurpation supported by cannon …1841
– CYBERNOCRACY * government or administration by computer, or by those who use computers …1965
– DECADARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten …1849
– DULOCRACY government by slaves; the rule of slaves …1824
– ECCLESIARCHY government by the church …1878
– ENDARCHY central government
– G, THE the US government …1930s US criminals’ sl.
– GYNAECOCRACY, GYNECOCRACY government by a woman or women; female rule or mastery …1612
– GYNARCHY government by a woman or women …1587
– GYNOCRACY government by a woman or women; female rule or mastery …1728
– HAGIOCRACY a government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy …1846
– HAMARCHY government by a cooperative body of parts …1838
– IDIOCRACY personal rule or government …1878 nonce word
– INLER † one who is in office; the Government and its party …1791 Sc.
– JUNTOCRACY government by a junto (a body of men who have jointed or combined for a common purpose, esp. of a political character) …1774
– KAKISTOCRACY the government of a state by the worse citizens …1829
– KLEPTOCRACY a government by thieves; a thieves’ regime; a country with such a government; a body or order of thieves 
– KRITARCHY the rule of the Judges in ancient Israel …1838
– LAIRDOCRACY lairds as forming a ruling class …1848 Sc.
– LANDOCRACY the class of people which owes its controlling position in the country to its possession of landed property …1848 jocular
– LEADING † government, rule …c1375
– MALGOVERNANCE †* bad government …1673
– OCHLOCRACY government by the mob or the lowest of the people; mob rule …1584
– OCTARCHY a government by eight rulers; an aggregate of eight tribal or petty kingdoms each under its own ruler; applied by some historians to the eight kingdoms reckoned by them to have been established by the Angles and Saxons in Britain …1799-1805
– OLD GANG, THE. the uncompromising Tories …c1870 Brit. political usage
– OLIGARCHISM n. oligarchy as a principle or system …1866
– OLIGARCHY government by the few; a form of government in which the power is confined to a few persons or families; also, the body of persons composing such a government …1577
– OMPHALISM * centralization in government …1868
– OPTIMACY * government or a government by the nobles or upper classes in a state; aristocracy; also, a state so governed …1594
– PAEDARCHY rule or government by a child or children …1830
– PAEDOCRACY government by children …1647
– PAIDOCRACY government by children …1647
– PANTARCHY a state in which the rule is vested in the whole people …1899
– PANTISOCRACY a form of social organization in which all are equal in rank and social position; a Utopian community in which all are equal and all rule …1794
– PAPARCHY * papal rule or sovereignty; government by the pope …1839
– PAPYROCRACY government by paper, i.e. by newspapers or literature …1843
– PEDOCRACY government by children …1647
– QUINGENTUMVIRATE †* a government consisting of five hundred men …1642
– SIGNORITY †* lordship, government …a1529
– STRATOCRACY government or political control by the army; military rule …M17
– STRUMPETOCRACY government by the privities …c1857 sl.
– TIMARCHY † timocracy …c1643
– TIMOCRACY 1. a form of government in which possession of property is required in order to hold office …1586
2. a form of government in which rulers are motivated by ambition or love of honour …1656
– TOPARCHY the small district or territory under the rule of a toparch …1601
– UNCLE SAM the US federal government …1950 US sl.
– VAMPIRARCHY a set of ruling persons comparable to vampires …1823
government – person
– ABSOLUTIST in politics: one who is in favour of an absolute government; also, a person who rules or governs absolutely …1799
– BELTWAY BANDIT one of the horde of businesses, consultants, lobbyists, etc. who cluster about the federal government …1980 Amer. sl.
– DECARCH in Greek antiquity: one of a ruling body of ten …1656
– DECARCHY in Greek antiquity: a ruling body of ten …a1638
– GERONTOCRAT a member of a gerontocracy (a governing body consisting of old men) …1961
– G-GAL a female Government employee …1952 US sl.
– G-GIRL a government girl, an employee of the FBI …1946 
– G GUY a government agent; a special agent of the FBI …1925 US sl.
– G-HEAT federal law enforcement agents …1937 US criminals’ sl.
– G MAN a government agent …1922 US sl. 
– GYNECOCRAT an upholder of or adherent to female government …1893
– LANDOCRAT a member of the landocracy …1893 jocular
– OCHLOCRAT an advocate of ochlocracy (see nouns) …1880
– MOBOCRAT a person who advocates mobocracy (mob rule, government by a mob); a leader of the mob; a demagogue …1798
– OCHLOCRAT an advocate of ochlocracy (government by the mob or lowest people) …1880 
– OLIGARCH a member of an oligarchy (government by the few); one of a few holding power in a state …a1610
– OLIGARCHIST * an advocate or supporter of oligarchy (government by the few) …1659
– RED-TAPIST a government clerk; an excessively bureaucratic government official …19C sl.
– SHINY-ARSE a public servant …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
government – verbs
– OLIGARCHIZE to convert into an oligarchy; to subject to an oligarchy …1850
 
GOVERNOR – person
– GEREVE † a governor …Bk1886
– GG a governor-general; a governor of high rank …1810
– G.V. a governor …1900s sl.
– HIGH BEAK a judge, governor, president, or other top official …Bk1859 criminals’ sl. 
– MASTER † one having direction or control over the action of others; a director, a leader, a chief, a commander; a ruler, a governor …c1000
– MASTER-MAN an overlooker, a ruler, a governor …1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– MODERATOR † a ruler, a governor, a director …a1398
– WALDEND † a ruler, a governor …c888
– WARDEN † the governor of a town, province, or district; the commander of a fortress …1297