(p. 296) gappō, gappō (coll.) gossip, chit-chat, prate. গপ্পো করা v. to talk idly, to chatter; to blab. ̃বাজ, গপ্পে a. given to idle or too much talk, talkative, gossipy; able to talk or chat flippantly. n. an idle talker; a flippant talker. 44)

(p. 301) galpa a story; a tale; a fable; an anecdote; a fantastic or fictitious narrative, a fib; gossip; chit-chat. গল্প করা v. to gossip; to chat; to speak of (সে বিলাতের সম্বন্ধে গল্প করছে); to tell fantastic or fictitious tales about (নে আর তোর বাহাদুরির গল্প করিস না). গল্প পড়া v. to read out a story or anecdote. গল্প ফাঁদা v. to spin or invent or fabricate a story. গল্প বলা v. to tell a tale. গল্প লেখা v. to write stories or tales. গল্প শোনা v. to hear a tale or anecdote. ̃কার n. a storywriter; a storyteller. ̃গুজব করা v. to gossip, to chat. গল্প বলিয়ে n. a tale-teller; a raconteur (fem. a raconteuse). গল্প-সল্প same as গল্পগুজব । গল্পে a. gossipy; talkative. 37)

(p. 308) gāla2 the cheek; the mouth (গালের মধ্যে নিয়ে চিবানো) গালে চড় মারা). to slap on the face, to give a slap in the face. গালে লাগা v. to have a burning and itching sensation within one's mouth (caused by eating edible roots akin to arum). গালে হাত দেওয়া v. to place the palm of one's hand on one's cheek as a mark of astonishment; (fig.) to be astonished. ̃গল্প n. a fanciful or idle tale, gossip, chit-chat. গালগল্প করা v. to tell fanciful tales (esp. about one's own importance); to gossip, to chat. ̃পাট্টা n. thick or massive beard all over cheeks and the chin; side-whisker, a lovelock. ̃বাদ্য n. a peculiar sound made by inflating cheeks and striking them with fingers. গালবাদ্য করা v. to make this sound. গালভরা a. mouth-filling; tumid, bombastic. ̃মন্দ n. reviling. গালমন্দ করা, গালমন্দ দেওয়া v. to revile. 28)