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tattle definition

tat·tle (tat′'l)

intransitive verb tattled -·tled, tattling -·tling

  1. to talk idly; chatter; gossip
  2. to reveal other people's secrets; tell tales
  3. to inform against someone

Etymology: LME tattlen, prob. < MDu tatelen, of echoic orig.

transitive verb

to reveal (a secret) through gossiping

noun

idle talk; chatter; tattling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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