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tattle

 

  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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