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DISH THE DIRT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

Example:

She won't dish the dirt

Synonyms:

dish the dirt; gossip

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "dish the dirt" is one way to...):

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dish the dirt"):

bruit; rumor; rumour (tell or spread rumors)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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