'Tittle-tattle' definitions:

Definition of 'tittle-tattle'

(from WordNet)
noun
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]
verb
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]

Definition of 'Tittle-tattle'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Tittle-tattle'

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

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