tittle-tattle

Speech parts

1. tittle-tattle - Noun

2. tittle-tattle - Verb

Meaning

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

To talk idly; to prate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

tittle tattle

Synonyms

maunder clack chatter palaver blabber prate twaddle prattle tattle blab gabble piffle gibber jabber yak

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Antonyms

conceal bottle up cut a long story short formal announcement concrete facts relevant facts

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Hypernyms

speak mouth talk utter verbalize confab

Hyponyms

babble blether smatter blather blither

Examples

Other compounds Connecting hyphens are used in a large number of miscellaneous compounds, other than modifiers, such as in lily-of-the-valley, cock-a-hoop, clever-clever, tittle-tattle and orang-utan. Source: Internet

"I know Rasputin too well to believe all the tittle-tattle about him." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tittivate tittivation tittle tittle-tattler tittle-tattling tittlebat