how to pronounce gossip

/ˈɡɑːsəp/

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gossip is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of gossip in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… didn't let the gossip bring them down …”

meaning of gossip

Gossip is the act of talking about other people's personal affairs.

gossip frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word gossip occurs in english on average 8.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gossip can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gossip can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;