From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]
1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
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2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
To talk idly; to prate. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tittle-tattle
n 1: light informal conversation for social occasions [syn:
{chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chit chat}, {small talk}, {gab},
{gabfest}, {gossip}, {tittle-tattle}, {chin wag}, {chin-
wag}, {chin wagging}, {chin-wagging}, {causerie}]
v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-
tattle}, {twaddle}, {clack}, {maunder}, {prattle}, {blab},
{gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber}, {gabble}]
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