tittle-tattle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossipchin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. light informal conversation for social occasionsSynonyms: chitchatchit-chatchit chatsmall talkgabgabfestgossipchin wagchin-wagchin waggingchin-waggingcauserie

Verb (1)

  1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantlySynonyms: chatterpifflepalaverpratetwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]

1.Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

2.An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler. [1913 Webster]

Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i. To talk idly; to prate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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