Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tattle"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tattle \Tat"tle\, n.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

[They] told the tattle of the day. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tattling}.] [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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tattle
n : disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn: {singing}, {telling}]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle},
{twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab}, {gibber},
{blabber}, {gabble}]
2: divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {talk}, {blab}, {peach},
{babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep
quiet}]


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