An ear duster American noun
This phrase is often hyphenated as "an ear-duster".
Someone who enjoys talking about other people's private lives
Peter is an ear duster. He always keeps me up to date with some delicious gossip.
Emma and Zoey are such ear dusters, they can sat in the café all day having a good gossip about their friends.
To hear or learn of something passed from one person to another or an unofficial source
To talk
Used to indicate that a lot of people are talking about or discuss something
Used to indicate any gossip, rumor, or unfounded information that spread in the military latrines (communal toilets).
If something is on everyone's lips, people are discussing or talking about it.
To overcome some disadvantage or get out of a bad situation when you have already lost a lot of time for it
We love Tim but we all think that it's impossible he can make up leeway and win first place in the race.