tittle-tattle
- noun
- /ˈtɪtəlˌtætəl/
- Archaic
:
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- She often enjoyed some light tittle-tattle with her friends over coffee in the afternoons.
Examples
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The magazine was filled with tittle-tattle about celebrities and their personal lives.
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During the lunch break, the coworkers engaged in tittle-tattle about their weekend plans.
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"Such tittle-tattle needs to be firmly rejected.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
868
3.2
Informal conversation about other people that may not be true
184
1.1
Informal talk about other people's private lives, often with rumors
135
4.8
Secret information that harms someone's reputation
58
8.9
News about someone's private life that people share
28
2.0
Friendly, light talk about unimportant things
12
7.1
A short friendly talk between people
11
8.8
Rumor or gossip, often not confirmed and shared informally
9
2.8
Short friendly talk about unimportant things
7
1.7
Talking about other people's personal lives in a casual way
5
8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
1
5.8
Casual talk about small, unimportant things, often gossip
1
9.7
A lot of noisy talking about not important things
1
8.4
A friendly relaxed chat between people, often over coffee
1
9.9
Talk that is silly or not important
1
9.9
Silly, unimportant talk that wastes time
1
9.5
Light talk between people with little meaning
1
9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
A friendly informal chat between people who know each other
Light informal chat between people to enjoy themselves
A friendly informal talk about unimportant things
A friendly, informal talk about personal news
Light friendly talk about small unimportant things, often gossip
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Continuous trivial talk that says nothing important
Light informal talk among people at social or literary gatherings
Antonyms
How Gossipy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tittle-tattle comes from a playful joining of tittle, an old word for a very small thing, and tattle, meaning 'to gossip'. So tittle-tattle means small, unimportant talk or gossip.