chisme — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gizmo noun A small device or gadget, especially one whose name or purpose isn't known.
- gossip noun Casual talk about other people's private affairs, often unverified or spread out of curiosity.
- hickey noun A bruise-like mark left on the skin from kissing or sucking, typically on the neck.
- knack noun A natural skill or ability for doing something well, often something that seems to come easily.
- thingy noun An informal word for an object whose name the speaker can't recall or doesn't need to state.
- whatchamacallit noun An informal word for an object whose name you can't remember or don't know.
Senses
chisme is used for these senses in English:
- gizmo (slang) Something, generally a device, for which one does not know the proper term.
- gossip (uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.
- hickey (informal, slang) An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled. [from 1909]
- knack A petty contrivance; a toy.
- thingy (informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).
- whatchamacallit (slang) A metasyntactic term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember; a doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, thingy.
gossip — full definition
- noun Casual talk about other people's private affairs, often unverified or spread out of curiosity.
- noun A person who habitually talks about others' private business.
- verb To talk about other people's private lives, often spreading rumors.