| gossip | n 1. (derog) idle talk about other people, gosip; (with malicious intent) umpatan: her letters are always full of idle ~, surat-suratnya selalu penuh dgn gosip kosong; the ~ about him finally got to his wife’s ears, umpatan ttg dirinya akhirnya sampai ke telinga isterinya; be common ~, menjadi buah mulut orang: it was common ~ that she had an affair with her leading man, menjadi buat mulut orang bahawa dia mempunyai hubungan sulit dgn pelakon utama; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gossip | 2. (often derog) informal writing about the private lives of well-known personalities, social incidents, etc, desas-desus, gosip: a ~ columnist, penulis ruangan gosip; 3. friendly chat, berbual-bual, bersembang: she liked to have a ~ with her neighbour, dia suka berbual-bual dgn jirannya; 4. scandal monger, tattler, kaki umpat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gossip column | n ruang(an) /desas-desus, gosip/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gossipy | adj suka mengumpat; (of letter etc) penuh dgn /desas-desus, gosip/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| monger | comb. form 1. penjual: fish-~, penjual ikan; 2. (fig.) tukang: a gossip ~, tukang gosip. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| spicy | 3. risque, scandalous, tdk senonoh: his jokes aren’t obscene but they’re definitely ~, jenakanya tdk lucah tetapi pasti tdk senonoh; ~ gossip, gosip yg tdk senonoh. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| snippet | n snatch, scrap, (of st written) cebisan, coretan; (of st heard, spoken) cebisan: on the train I overheard some interesting ~s of gossip, dlm kereta api saya terdengar cebisan gosip yg menarik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| piquant | adj 1. (of taste)sharp but pleasant, pedas-pedas masam: most chutnies have a ~ taste, kebanyakan jenis cutni mempunyai rasa pedas-pedas masam; 2. exciting interest, menarik: a ~ piece of gossip, satu gosip yg menarik; a most ~ situation arose when the two old enemies met face to face, keadaan yg sungguh menarik berlaku apabila dua musuh lama bersemuka; the gypsy girl had a small, ~ face, gadis gipsi itu mempunyai muka yg kecil dan menarik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| rife | adj widespread, sudah merebak; (of rumour, news, etc) tersebar luas: the disease was ~ among the islanders, penyakit itu sudah merebak di kalangan penduduk pulau itu; rumours about him are ~ in the city, khabar angin tentangnya tersebar luas di kota itu; be ~ with, sudah merebak; (rumour etc) tersebar luas: the village with ~ gossip, gosip tersebar luas di kampung itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| profile | in ~, dr /tampang, profil, tepi/ muka: in ~ he looks very like his father, dr tampang mukanya dia kelihatan mirip wajah ayahnya; he painted her in ~ , dia melukis muka wanita itu dr tepi muka; have high ~, menonjolkan diri: as party leader, it’s important to have a high ~, sebagai pemimpin parti, adalah penting utk menonjolkan diri;keep a low ~, tdk menonjolkan diri: she kept a low ~ until the gossip had died down, dia tdk menonjolkan diri hinggalah gosip itu lenyap; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |