noun
Meaning 1
Petty, idle gossip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
tittle-tattle
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noun
Meaning 2
An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
To engage in gossip.
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verb
Meaning 4
To spread gossip.
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noun
Meaning 5
light informal conversation for social occasions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze, schmoose
verb
Meaning 6
speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Narrower terms: babble, blather, smatter, blether, blither
History
Etymology
Reduplication of tattle.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: skinderstorie — idle gossip
- Bulgarian: празни приказки (prazni prikazki) — idle gossip
- Danish: sladder — idle gossip
- French: cancans — idle gossip
- Irish: suainseán — idle gossip
- Latin: sermunculus — idle gossip
- Māori: pōtinitini — idle gossip
- Māori: tūtara — idle gossip
- Norwegian Bokmål: slarv — idle gossip
- Norwegian Bokmål: sladder — idle gossip