Yenta

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  yenta
       n 1: (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
       2: (Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman
          who spreads rumors and scandal

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "yenta":
     Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale-bearing animal, backseat driver,
     busybody, eavesdropper, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper,
     gossipmonger, inquirer, inquisitive, inquisitor, intermeddler,
     kibitzer, meddler, newsmonger, newspaperman, nosy Parker, prier,
     pry, querier, querist, questioner, quidnunc, reporter, rubberneck,
     rubbernecker, rumormonger, scandalmonger, scopophiliac, sightseer,
     snoop, snooper, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale,
     telltale, tittle-tattler, voyeur