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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tattling \Tat"tling\, a.
Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly},
adv
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]:
tattling
adj : prone to communicate confidential information [syn: {blabbermouthed},
{leaky}, {talebearing(a)}, {tattling(a)}]
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