tittle-tattle

English

Etymology

Reduplication of tattle.

Noun

tittle-tattle (countable and uncountable, plural tittle-tattles)

  1. petty, idle gossip.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
  2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tatler to this entry?)

Translations

Verb

tittle-tattle (third-person singular simple present tittle-tattles, present participle tittle-tattling, simple past and past participle tittle-tattled)

  1. To engage in such gossip.
  2. To spread gossip.
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