English > scuttlebutt: 1 sense > noun 1, communicationMeaning | A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people. |
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Synonyms | gossip, comment |
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Narrower | earful | An outpouring of gossip |
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grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth | gossip spread by spoken communication |
rumor, rumour, hearsay | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth |
scandal, dirt, malicious gossip | disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people |
talk, talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor |
Broader | report, account | The act of informing by verbal / verbal / verbal report |
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Spanish | bochinche, brete, chambre, chimento, chirmol, chisme, chismorreo, cocoa, copucha, cotilleo, cuecho, mitote, murmuración, vinazo |
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Catalan | comentari |
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