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gossip mill

gossip mill noun: a rumor mill.

Noun

gossip mill (plural gossip mills)

  1. A rumor mill.
    • The gossip-mill spread other whispers as well. Macdonald was said to employonly handsome equerries. He was rumouredto have engaged in homosexual activities when an officer in South Africa; he even had an affair with a Boer prisoner.2014, Robert Aldrich, Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka
    • But the breakup and awkward love rectangle were a recurring topic in Google's gossip mill, adding even more tension.2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination, Penguin, →ISBN

Forms of gossip mill

pluralgossip mills
alternative formgossip-mill

Questions about gossip mill

What does gossip mill mean?
Gossip mill means a rumor mill.
What part of speech is gossip mill?
Gossip mill is a noun.
What is the plural of gossip mill?
The plural of gossip mill is gossip mills.

Words near gossip mill in the dictionary

  1. gossib
  2. gossibs
  3. gossima
  4. Gossington
  5. gossip
  6. gossip mill
  7. gossip mills
  8. gossip mirror
  9. gossip mirrors
  10. gossip'd
  11. gossip-mill

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