tattle
31tattle — verb (I) 1 old fashioned to talk about small unimportant things, or about other people s private affairs; gossip 2 if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad tattler noun (C) …
32tattle — tat·tle …
33tattle — [c]/ˈtætl / (say tatl) verb (tattled, tattling) –verb (i) 1. to let out secrets. 2. to chatter, prate, or gossip. –verb (t) 3. to utter idly; disclose by gossiping. –noun 4. the act of tattling. 5. idle talk; chatter; gossip. {Middle English… …
34tattle — Holoholo ōlelo. Also: waha nui, pekapeka, io iolepo, lawe ōlelo, ili ōlelo, ama, ahi ahi …
35Tittle-tattle — Tit tle tat tle, n. [A reduplication of tattle.] 1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler. [1913 Webster] …
36tittle-tattle — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, rumor, talebearing, tattle, word. Slang: scuttlebutt. See WORDS. II verb To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise …
37tittle-tattle — [[t]tɪ̱t(ə)l tæt(ə)l[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to something that a group of people talk about as tittle tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true.… …
38tittle-tattle — ► NOUN ▪ gossip. ► VERB ▪ engage in gossip. ORIGIN reduplication of TATTLE(Cf. ↑tattler) …
39tittle-tattle — [tit′ l tat΄ l] n., vi. tittle tattled, tittle tattling [redupl. of TATTLE] gossip; chatter …
40Tittle-tattle — Tit tle tat tle, v. i. To talk idly; to prate. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
