1. Noun
A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
2. Noun
A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.
3. Noun
One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.
4. Noun
The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.
5. Verb
To stand sponsor to.
6. Verb
To make merry.
7. Verb
To prate; to chat; to talk much.
8. Verb
To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.
9. Noun
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
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