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Webster 1913 Edition

Tittle-tattle

Tit′tle-tatˊtle

,
Noun.
[A reduplication of
tattle
.]
1.
Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.
Arbuthnot.
2.
An idle, trifling talker; a gossip.
[R.]
Tatler.

Tit′tle-tatˊtle

,
Verb.
I.
To talk idly; to prate.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tittle-tattle

TIT'TLE-TATTLE

,
Noun.
[tattle, doubled.]
1.
Idle trifling talk; empty prattle.
2.
An idle trifling talker. [Less proper.]

TIT'TLE-TATTLE

,
Verb.
I.
To talk idly; to prate.

Definition 2024

tittle-tattle

tittle-tattle

English

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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Translations

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

Etymology

Reduplication of tattle.

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