Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TITTLE-TATTLE

n.[tattle, doubled. ] 1. Idle trifling talk; empty prattle.
2. An idle trifling talker. [Less proper. ]

 

TITTLE-TATTLE

v.i.To talk idly; to prate.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TITTLE-TATTLE

Tit "tle-tat `tle, n. Etym: [A reduplication of tattle. ]

 

1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot.

 

2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] Tatler.

 

TITTLE-TATTLE

TITTLE-TATTLE Tit "tle-tat `tle, v. i.

 

Defn: To talk idly; to prate. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tittle-tattle

tit tle-tat tle |ˈtɪdl ˌtædl | ▶noun idle talk; gossip. ▶verb [ no obj. ] engage in such talk. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: reduplication of tattle .

 

Oxford Dictionary

tittle-tattle

tittle-tattle |ˈtɪt (ə )ltat (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] idle talk; gossip. ▶verb [ no obj. ] engage in such talk. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: reduplication of tattle .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tittle-tattle

tittle-tattle noun See gossip.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tittle-tattle

tittle-tattle noun she would never listen to tittle-tattle. See gossip (sense 1 of the noun ). ▶verb he was tittle-tattling all over the village. See gossip (sense 1 of the verb ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tittle-tattle

t í ttle-t à ttle 名詞 U 動詞 自動詞 うわさ話 [むだ話 ] (をする ).