Thesaurus: tattle

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1. v. i. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
2. v. i. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.
3. n. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
4. n. disclosing information or giving evidence about another
5. v. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
6. v. divulge confidential information or secrets
7. 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden. 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [They] told the tattle of the day. Swift.
8. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.[They] told the tattle of the day. Swift.
9. v:100 n. disclosing information or giving evidence about another