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tittle-tattle

[ tit-l-tat-l ]

noun

  1. gossip or foolish chatter.


verb (used without object)

, tit·tle-tat·tled, tit·tle-tat·tling.
  1. to gossip or chatter.

tittle-tattle

noun

  1. idle chat or gossip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to chatter or gossip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈtittle-ˌtattler, noun
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Other Words From

  • tittle-tattler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tittle-tattle1

First recorded in 1520–30; gradational compound based on tittle to whisper, gossip
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Example Sentences

Mustique is famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.

The story is just “tittle-tattle” and it will all “blow over,” he told the BBC.

Mustique is also famous for the omertà that ensures that very little celebrity tittle-tattle ever makes it off the island.

You recollect that you promised to obtain something—a little tittle-tattle—concerning a lady.

Cermigniani and Melillo were listening to the brilliant tittle-tattle of Bencini, with his cackling speech and his dry laugh.

The writer observed that he was not anxious about H. Greville who loved tittle-tattle, and would get what he wanted there.

Looking down the table I told myself that it must be the very home of idle gossip and the hot-bed of tittle-tattle.

Tittle-Tattle—a magnificent title; the very thing to catch the multitude.'

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