'Tattle' definitions:
Definition of 'tattle'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Tattle'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tattle'
From: GCIDE
- Tattle \Tat"tle\, n. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [1913 Webster]
- [They] told the tattle of the day. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tattle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- babble,
- back-fence gossip,
- be indiscreet,
- be unguarded,
- bear witness against,
- betray,
- betray a confidence,
- blab,
- blabber,
- blather,
- blether,
- blow the whistle,
- blurt,
- blurt out,
- buzz,
- chatter,
- chitchat,
- clatter,
- cry,
- divulge,
- fink,
- give away,
- gossip,
- gossiping,
- gossipmongering,
- gossipry,
- grapevine,
- groundless rumor,
- hearsay,
- idle talk,
- inform,
- inform against,
- inform on,
- jabber,
- leak,
- let drop,
- let fall,
- let slip,
- narc,
- natter,
- newsmongering,
- peach,
- piece of gossip,
- prate,
- prattle,
- rat,
- retail gossip,
- reveal,
- reveal a secret,
- rumble,
- rumor,
- scuttlebutt,
- sell out,
- sing,
- snitch,
- snitch on,
- spill,
- spill the beans,
- squeal,
- stool,
- story,
- tale,
- talebearing,
- taletelling,
- talk,
- tattle on,
- tell,
- tell idle tales,
- tell on,
- tell secrets,
- tell tales,
- testify against,
- tittle-tattle,
- turn informer