[soh-ber]

adjective, -er, -est, verb

–adjective

1.not intoxicated or drunk.

2.habitually temperate, especially in the use of liquor.

3.quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons.

4.marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion.

5.subdued in tone, as color; not gay or showy, as clothes.

6.free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts.

7.showing self-control: sober restraint.

8.sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
9.to make or become sober: (often followed by up).

gos·sip

[gos -uh p]

noun, verb, -siped or -sipped, -sip·ing or -sip·ping.

–noun
1.idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.

2.light, familiar talk or writing.

3.Also, gos·sip·er, gos·sip·per. a person given to tattling or idle talk.

4.Chiefly British Dialect . a godparent.

5.Archaic . a friend, especially a woman.

–verb (used without object)
6. to talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.

–verb (used with object)
7. Chiefly British Dialect . to stand godparent to.

8.Archaic . to repeat like a gossip.

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