Found 3 hits - Term: tittle-tattle, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tittle-tattle \tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
to talk idly; to prate. --shak.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tittle-tattle
n : light informal conversation for social occasions syn: chitchat,
small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, chin-wag, chin-wagging,
causerie
v : speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, twaddle,
clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle,
blabber, gabble
see also:
chitchat small talk gab gabfest gossip chin-wag
chin-wagging causerie chatter piffle palaver
prate twaddle clack maunder prattle
blab gibber tattle blabber gabble
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