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tattle
(encz) | tattle,drbat v: luke |
tattle
(encz) | tattle,drby n: luke |
tattle
(encz) | tattle,roznášet drby v: luke |
tattle
(encz) | tattle,tlachat v: luke |
tattle
(encz) | tattle,tlachy n: luke |
tattle
(encz) | tattle,žvásty n: luke |
Tattle
(gcide) | Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tattled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tattling.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to
stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.]
1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little
meaning; to chat.
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The tattling quality of age, which is always
narrative. --Dryden.
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2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer;
as, a tattling girl.
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Tattle
(gcide) | Tattle \Tat"tle\, n.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
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[They] told the tattle of the day. --Swift.
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tattle
(wn) | tattle
n 1: disclosing information or giving evidence about another
[syn: tattle, singing, telling]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, {tittle-
tattle}, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
2: divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his
secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, {let the cat out of
the bag}, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble,
sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: {keep one's mouth
shut}, keep quiet, shut one's mouth] |
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