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TATTLE
tattle, singing, telling
(noun) disclosing information or giving evidence about another
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tattle (third-person singular simple present tattles, present participle tattling, simple past and past participle tattled)
(intransitive) To chatter; to gossip.
(intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
(intransitive, obsolete) To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.
Synonyms
• (to chatter): see prattle
• (to report incriminating information or wrongdoing): see rat out
Noun
tattle (countable and uncountable, plural tattles)
(countable) A tattletale.
(countable, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.
(uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip.
Synonyms
• (tattletale): telltale tit; see informant or gossiper
• (idle talk): see tattle or chatter
Source: Wiktionary
Tat"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling.] Etym: [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.]
1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden.
2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
Tat"tle, n.
Definition: Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [They] told the tattle of the day. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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