3 definitions found
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 1.6 [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}, {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}]
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