tattle

tattle
v
1. blab, blurt out, gush, Inf. spout; let slip, reveal, divulge secrets; tattletale, tell on, inform on, Inf. snitch on, Sl. squeal on, Sl. rat on, Sl. fink on.
2. gossip, tittle-tattle, buzz, talk idly, Sl. shoot the breeze, Inf. gab, Sl. gas, Sl. bull or shoot the bull; palaver, clack, clatter, rattle, Sl. run off or on at the mouth; be loquacious or talkative, ramble, maunder.
3. chatter, chipper, prate, prattle, cackle; babble, gibber, Sl. gibber-jabber, jargon; jabber, gabble, patter; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, drivel; chit-chat, chitter-chatter, chaffer, bandy words.
n
4. tattling, blabbing, bleating, blurting out, gushing, Inf. spouting; revealing or divulging secrets, gossiping; telling on, telling tales, informing on, Inf. snitching on, Sl. squealing on, Sl. ratting on, Sl. finking on.
5. gossip, tittle-tattle, Inf. scuttlebutt, idle talk, Inf. gab, Sl. gas, Sl. shooting the bull, Sl. shooting the breeze; small talk, Anglo-Ingian. bukh, chit-chat, chitter-chatter; palaver, palavering, palaverment; clack, clacking, clatter, clattering, rattling, Sl. running off or on at the mouth; rambling, maundering.
6. chatter, chattering, chippering, prattle, prattling, cackle, cackling; patter, pattering, gabble, gabbling, jabber, jabbering, Jabberwocky; prate, prating, twaddle, twaddling, Both Brit. twattle, twattling; babble, babbling, babblement, gibber, gibbering, gibberish, blather, blathering, drivel, driveling.

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  • Tattle — Tat tle, n. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [1913 Webster] [They] told the tattle of the day. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tattle — ► NOUN ▪ gossip; idle talk. ► VERB ▪ engage in tattle. DERIVATIVES tattler noun. ORIGIN Flemish tatelen, tateren …   English terms dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tattle — index betray (disclose), divulge, inform (notify), report (rumor) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • tattle — (v.) late 15c., to stammer, prattle, in Caxton s translation of Reynard the Fox, probably from M.Flem. tatelen to stutter, parallel to M.Du., M.L.G., E.Fris. tateren to chatter, babble, possibly of imitative origin. The meaning tell tales or… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tattle — *gossip, blab Analogous words: divulge, disclose, betray, *reveal …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tattle — [v] gossip; tell rumor babble, blab*, chat, chatter, give away, give the show away*, gossip, have a big mouth*, jabber, leak, noise, prate, prattle*, rumor, snitch, spill, spill the beans*, spread rumor*, squeal, talk, talk idly, tell on, tell… …   New thesaurus

  • tattle — [tat′ l] vi. tattled, tattling [LME tattlen, prob. < MDu tatelen, of echoic orig.] 1. to talk idly; chatter; gossip 2. to reveal other people s secrets; tell tales 3. to inform against someone vt. to reveal (a secret) through gossiping n. idle …   English World dictionary

  • tattle — 1. verb 1) we were tattling about him Syn: gossip, chatter, chat, prattle, babble, jabber, gabble, rattle on; informal chinwag, jaw, yak, gab, natter, tittle tattle, chitchat 2) I would tattle on her if I had evidence …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • tattle — v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to inform ) to tattle on * * * [ tætl] (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to inform ) to tattle on (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to inform ) to tattle on …   Combinatory dictionary

  • tattle — tat|tle [ˈtætl] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Middle Dutch; Origin: tatelen] 1.) [i]old fashioned to talk about other people s private lives = ↑gossip 2.) especially AmE if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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