Meaning of TATTLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'tatl
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- [n] disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- [v] divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
- [v] speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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| | Synonyms: | | babble, babble out, blab, blab out, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, peach, piffle, prate, prattle, sing, singing, talk, telling, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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| | Antonyms: | | keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth | | |
| | See Also: | | blather, blether, blither, break, bring out, disclose, disclosure, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, mouth, reveal, revealing, revelation, smatter, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Tat"tle\, n.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
[They] told the tattle of the day. --Swift.
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