TATTLE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

3.
n.

Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [They] told the tattle of the day. Swift.


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