Tattle
41tittle-tattle — noun Etymology: reduplication of 1tattle Date: circa 1529 gossip, prattle • tittle tattle intransitive verb …
42tittle tattle — Synonyms and related words: babble, babblement, back fence gossip, backchat, bavardage, be closeted with, beauty parlor chitchat, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blah blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter,… …
43tittle-tattle — tit|tle tat|tle [ˈtıtl ˌtætl] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: tattle] unimportant conversation about other people and what they are doing = ↑gossip …
44tittle-tattle — noun gossip. verb engage in gossip. Origin C16: reduplication of tattle …
45tittle-tattle — informal talk about other people s lives that is usually unkind or not true. They know that tittle tattle about the royal family helps to sell newspapers …
46tittle-tattle — n 1. gossip, Inf. scuttlebutt, hearsay, Fr. ouT dire. report, Archaic. bruit; Sl. dope, Inf. inside info, Sl. poop; prattle, idle talk, Sl. schmooze, small talk, palaver, Scot. clishmaclaver; chat, chitchat, Sl. yackety yak, Sl. yak, twaddle,… …
47tittle-tattle — /ˈtɪtl tætl / (say titl tatl) noun 1. gossip; telltale. –verb (i) (tittle tattled, tittle tattling) 2. to reveal private or confidential matters in idle gossip; act as a tale bearer. {varied reduplication of tattle} –tittle tattler, noun …
48tell-tale-tattle — See tattle tale …
49tittle-tattle — n. & v. n. petty gossip. v.intr. gossip, chatter. Etymology: redupl. of TATTLE …
50tittle-tattle — tittle tattler, n. /tit l tat l/, n., v., tittle tattled, tittle tattling. n. 1. gossip or foolish chatter. v.i. 2. to gossip or chatter. [1520 30; gradational compound based on tittle to whisper, gossip] * * * …
