Gos"sip , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gossiped (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gossiping.]
1. To make merry. [Obs.]
Shak.
2. To prate; to chat; to talk
much. Shak.
3.
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
Gos"sip , v. t. To stand sponsor to. [Obs.]
Shak.
Gos"sip (?), n. [OE.
gossib, godsib, a relation or sponsor in baptism, a relation by a
religious obligation, AS.
godsibb, fr. god + sib alliance, relation; akin to G. sippe, Goth. sibja, and also to Skr. sabhā assembly.]
1. A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Should a great lady that was invited to be a gossip, in her place send her kitchen maid, 't would be ill taken.
Selden. 2. A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance. [Obs.]
My noble gossips, ye have been
too prodigal.
Shak. 3. One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
The common chat of gossips when they meet.
Dryden.
4. The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
Bubbles o'er like a city with
gossip, scandal, and spite.
Tennyson.
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