tittle tattle

tittle tattle
Synonyms and related words:
babble, babblement, back-fence gossip, backchat, bavardage, be closeted with, beauty-parlor chitchat, bibble-babble, blab, blabber, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, chat, chatter, chitchat, chitter-chatter, clack, clatter, cocktail-party chitchat, coze, dither, gab, gabble, gam, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, gossiping, gossipmongering, gossipry, groundless rumor, guff, gush, haver, hot air, idle chat, idle talk, jabber, jaw, make conversation, mere talk, natter, newsmongering, nonsense talk, palaver, patter, piece of gossip, pour forth, prate, prating, prattle, prittle-prattle, ramble on, rattle, rattle on, reel off, retail gossip, run on, small talk, spout, spout off, story, table talk, tale, talebearing, taletelling, talk, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee, tattle, tea-table talk, tell idle tales, tete-a-tete, twaddle, twattle, visit, waffle, yak, yakkety-yak

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  • tittle-tattle — [tit′ l tat΄ l] n., vi. tittle tattled, tittle tattling [redupl. of TATTLE] gossip; chatter …   English World dictionary

  • Tittle-tattle — Tit tle tat tle, n. [A reduplication of tattle.] 1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tittle-tattle — ► NOUN ▪ gossip. ► VERB ▪ engage in gossip. ORIGIN reduplication of TATTLE(Cf. ↑tattler) …   English terms dictionary

  • Tittle-tattle — Tit tle tat tle, v. i. To talk idly; to prate. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tittle-tattle — [[t]tɪ̱t(ə)l tæt(ə)l[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to something that a group of people talk about as tittle tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true.… …   English dictionary

  • tittle-tattle — noun Etymology: reduplication of 1tattle Date: circa 1529 gossip, prattle • tittle tattle intransitive verb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tittle-tattle — informal talk about other people s lives that is usually unkind or not true. They know that tittle tattle about the royal family helps to sell newspapers …   New idioms dictionary

  • tittle-tattle — tittle tattler, n. /tit l tat l/, n., v., tittle tattled, tittle tattling. n. 1. gossip or foolish chatter. v.i. 2. to gossip or chatter. [1520 30; gradational compound based on tittle to whisper, gossip] * * * …   Universalium

  • tittle-tattle — /ˈtɪtl tætl / (say titl tatl) noun 1. gossip; telltale. –verb (i) (tittle tattled, tittle tattling) 2. to reveal private or confidential matters in idle gossip; act as a tale bearer. {varied reduplication of tattle} –tittle tattler, noun …  

  • tittle-tattle — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, rumor, talebearing, tattle, word. Slang: scuttlebutt. See WORDS. II verb To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise …   English dictionary for students

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