[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]
1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
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2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
To talk idly; to prate. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tittle-tattle
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab,
gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-
wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
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]