tittle-tattle

English

Etymology

Reduplication of tattle.

Noun

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

1. petty, idle gossip

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2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.

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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