yenta
n.
gabber, know-it-all; meddler; gossiper
Yenta
Yenta may mean:Yenta (YEN-tah) is a Yiddish word referring to a
busybody or
gossip. Most definitions refer to it as a gossipy woman; a blabbermouth, who can't keep a secret, who spreads rumors and scandal.It was also the name of the
matchmaker in the
Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof.The name of the
Linux CardBus controller driver, which brings together Cardbus cards with the rest of the computer.It is also the fictional electronic match making PDA featured in the film
ShortbusWas used satirically in the 1967 "
Get Smart" episode "The Man from YENTA", where it was composed of the initials of "Your Espionage Network and Training Academy", a ficticious Israeli secret service organisation
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yenta
Noun
1. (Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
(hypernym) shrew, termagant
(classification) Yiddish
2. (Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
(hypernym) gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger
(classification) Yiddish
yenta
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
YENTA
PETTEGOLO. PETTEGOLA. COMARE. FICCANASO. CHIACCHIERONE. PERSONA VOLGARE. PERSONA BISBETICA. PERSONA BRONTOLONA