A Scottish word with two distinct senses: gossip (or a gossip, as a noun) and the honking cry of a goose.
A Scottish word with two distinct senses: gossip (or a gossip, as a noun) and the honking cry of a goose. The gossip sense implies idle, noisy chatter that spreads like bird cries. Both senses are still found in Scottish dialect, though neither is in mainstream everyday use outside Scotland.
She was known as the claik of the village, the first to know and the last to stop talking about it.
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(Scotland) The cry of a goose, or other bird.
(Scotland) Gossip; a gossip.
(Scotland) To honk or cry like a goose.