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    tit·tle-tat·tle
    [ˈtid(ə)lˌtad(ə)l]
    noun
    tittle-tattle (noun) · tittle-tattles (plural noun)
    1. idle talk; gossip:
      "she would never listen to tittle-tattle about another girl"
    verb
    tittle-tattle (verb) · tittle-tattles (third person present) · tittle-tattled (past tense) · tittle-tattled (past participle) · tittle-tattling (present participle)
    1. engage in gossip or idle talk.
      Similar:
      spread rumors
      spread gossip
      circulate rumors
      spread stories
      bruit something about
    Origin
    early 16th century: reduplication of tattle.
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    unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives synonym gossip The story was nothing more than idle tittle-tattle. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Definition of tittle-tattle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
    The earliest known use of the word tittle-tattle is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for tittle-tattle is from before 1529, in the writing of John Skelton, poet. tittle-tattle is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tattle v.
    The tittle-tattle which the police may have obtained somewhere may be quite wrong. The former are more interested in possession than appreciation, the latter more concerned with social occasion and society tittle-tattle than the survival of the theatre. Will it be just tittle-tattle collected from common informers?
    You can make only 12 words. Pick the best ones! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of TITTLE-TATTLE is gossip, prattle. How to use tittle-tattle in a sentence.
  3. tittle-tattle noun [ U ] old-fashioned informal uk / ˈtɪt. ə lˌtæt. ə l / us / ˈtɪt̬. ə lˌtæt̬. ə l / Add to word list Add to word list talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tittle-tattle
    noun gossip or foolish chatter. verb (used without object),tit·tle-tat·tled, tit·tle-tat·tling. to gossip or chatter.
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