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Collocations for gossip - noun

1. unkind talk about other people

ADJECTIVE

latest
idle, juicy, malicious, salacious
celebrity
tabloid

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… OF GOSSIP

bit, piece, tidbit (AmE), titbit (BrE)
I heard an interesting bit of gossip yesterday.

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VERB + gossip

spread
Someone has been spreading malicious gossip about me.
exchange, swap
hear, listen to
You shouldn't listen to idle gossip.
get
know
He knows all the juicy gossip.

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gossip + VERB

circulate, go around, go round (esp. BrE)
A piece of silly gossip was going around the school.

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gossip + NOUN

column, columnist
I saw it in the gossip column of the local newspaper.

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PREPOSITION

gossip about
a magazine full of gossip about famous people

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2. conversation about other people

ADJECTIVE

good

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VERB + gossip

have

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PREPOSITION

gossip about
We had a good gossip about the boss.
gossip with
She's having a gossip with Maria. (BrE)

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