AmericanHeritage®DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,FifthEdition.Copyright©2016byHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.PublishedbyHoughtonMifflinHarcourtPublishingCompany.Allrightsreserved. ThesaurusAntonymsRelatedWordsSynonymsLegend: Switchtonew thesaurus Noun1.gossiper- apersongiventogossipinganddivulgingpersonalinformation...
malicious gossip, scandal, dirt - disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people talk of the town, talk - idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately" 3. gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others gossiper, gossipmonger,...
1976; Einarsen et al.,2020b). However, increasing consciousness exists of the need to prevent bullying at different institutional levels, with more attempts to reconsider the tenets of bullying, particularly in higher education, which was not ...
Example of GAOEP used in texting: 1. Hey, I know it’s casual Friday but remember GAOEP and dress appropriately. 2. Just a reminder that gossiping is not tolerated in our office. Let's stick to GAOEP. 3. I’m running a bit late this morning, but I’ll be ...
For example, if you start working at an advertising agency and notice a coworker gossiping and blaming the boss for his mistakes, it shows he is not loyal. He talks badly about her to the company president, but everyone sees this and the president does not believe him. He thinks it wil...
Each party has the right to a little private and cathartic gossiping to let off steam. (The Telegraph) Police said the suspect has admitted to the crime, quoting him as saying, “I did it because I wanted to let off steam.” (Asahi Shimbun) ...
6. To get permission to leave one's workplace: got off early and went fishing. 7. Informal To act or speak with effrontery: Where does he get off telling me to hurry up? 8. Slang a. To have an orgasm. b. To feel great pleasure or gratification: gets off on gossiping about co...
"Queen Penelope," answered Eurymachus, "we do not suppose that this man will take you away with him; it is impossible; but we are afraid lest some of the baser sort, men or women among the Achaeans, should go gossiping about and say, 'These suitors are a feeble folk; they are payin...
2.To set in direct opposition or competition:a war that pitted brother against brother. 3.To place, bury, or store in a pit. v.intr. 1.To become marked with pits. 2.To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin. ...
Consequently, there has been a substantial expansion of scholarly work on this behavioural phenomenon over the years. The primary objective has been to gain a comprehensive understanding of its nature and devise interventions to mitigate its adverse effects. Although different terms have been used to ...