tattle

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Synonyms: battle, rattle, attle, cattle, wattle, tittle, twattle, tottle, tatte, nattle, tattee

Antonyms: battle, rattle, attle, cattle, wattle, tittle, twattle, tottle, tatte, nattle, tattee

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[chatter#Verb|chatter]]; to [[gossip#Verb|gossip]].
2. {{senseid|en|to report others' wrongdoings or violations}}{{lb|en|intransitive|Canada|US|pejorative}} ''Often said of children'': to [[report#Verb|report]] [[incriminating#Adjective|incriminating]] [[information]] about another person, or a person's [[wrongdoing]] in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of [[authority]] over the accused person; to [[tell on]] somebody. {{defdate|from late 15th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[speak]] like a [[baby#Noun|baby]] or [[young#Adjective|young]] [[child]]; to [[babble#Verb|babble]], to [[prattle]]; to speak [[haltingly]]; to [[stutter#Verb|stutter]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[tattletale]].
2. {{lb|en|countable|Canada|US|pejorative}} ''Often said of children'': a piece of [[incriminating#Adjective|incriminating]] [[information]] or an [[account#Noun|account]] of [[wrongdoing]] that is said about another person.
3. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[idle#Adjective|Idle]] [[talk#Noun|talk]]; [[gossip#Noun|gossip]]; {{lb|en|countable}} an [[instance]] of such talk or gossip.

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