tattle

Speech parts

1. tattle - Noun

2. tattle - Verb

Meaning

To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.

To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

maunder clack babble talk sing peach chatter palaver blabber prate tittle-tattle blab twaddle prattle gabble
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Antonyms

audience hide bind conceal nonsense allocate
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Hypernyms

break speak mouth talk reveal discover

Hyponyms

babble blether smatter blather blither

Phrases with the word

tattle-tale

Derivatives

tattled tattling

Examples

Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who is sensitive to right and wrong. But I would bet that children would tattle even if they could do so only anonymously. They would do it just to have justice done. Paul Bloom

Be careful--his secretary talks Source: Internet

The Skull has ordered Jack killed before he can wake up and tattle, but Selvig’s survival is Steve’s little secret, and it seems that there are plans between the pair to take a stand against their skinless overlord. Source: Internet

Hopefully your daughter is learning when and when not to tattle. Source: Internet

The gist of the story is that Dockweiler came before the grand jury, at his own request, to tattle on his chief deputy, Grant Cooper. Source: Internet

The saying goes: “No one likes a tattle tale;” however, if you are being abused, sexually, verbally or emotionally, there is no reason why you should not speak up. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tattily tattiness tatting tattle tell tattle-tale tattler