| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about others; spread rumors |
Synonyms: |
babble, bad-mouth, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle |
| Main Entry: | mutilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maim, damage |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, amputate, batter, bowdlerize, butcher, cripple, crush, cut to pieces, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hash up, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend, repair |
| Main Entry: | rout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
Synonyms: |
bash, beat, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, chase, clean up on, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, cut to pieces, destroy, discomfit, dispel, drive off, expel, finish*, hunt, kill*, lambaste*, larrup, murder*, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, put to flight, repulse, scatter, scuttle, shut out, skunk, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, torpedo, total*, trounce, vanquish, wallop, wax, whip, wipe off map, wipe out, worst, zap |
| Notes: | a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road, course, or way for travel from one place to another |
Antonyms: |
win |
| Main Entry: | tittle-tattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
babble, bad-mouth, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, noise, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales out of school, tell tales, whisper, wiggle-waggle |