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TITTLE-TATTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light informal conversation for social occasions
Synonyms:
causerie; chin-wag; chin-wagging; chin wag; chin wagging; chit-chat; chit chat; chitchat; gab; gabfest; gossip; small talk; tittle-tattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tittle-tattle" is a kind of...):
chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze (an informal conversation)
Derivation:
tittle-tattle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tittle-tattle ... he / she / it tittle-tattles
Past simple: tittle-tattled
Past participle: tittle-tattled
-ing form: tittle-tattling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Synonyms:
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "tittle-tattle" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tittle-tattle"):
babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue tittle-tattle
Derivation:
tittle-tattle (light informal conversation for social occasions)
