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    [Verb]  | "tat*tle" | \ ˈta-tᵊl \


    1: to tell secrets about what someone else has done : blab

    2: chatter, prate

    3: to utter or disclose in gossip or chatter


    Origin: 1547 ;

     Middle Dutch tatelen; akin to Middle English tateren to tattle;

    [Noun]  | "tattle" 


    1: idle talk : chatter

    2: gossip


    Origin: circa 1529 ;

    [Noun]  | "tit*tle-tat*tle" | \ ˈti-tᵊl-ˌta-tᵊl \


    1: gossip, prattle


    Origin: circa 1529 ;

     Reduplication of {see: |tattle:2|tattle:2};

    [Noun]  | "tattle" 


    1: information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... she claims to have picked up some juicy tattle about the celebrity couple "



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    [Verb]  | "tattle" 


    1: to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature;


      * e.g., " ... those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences "



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    [Verb]  | "tittle-tattle" 


    1: as in run on, blabber;




     [ "tattle" ]

    1: to tell on or make up a story

      * e.g.,  ... Cindy from the Brady Bunch was such a tattle tale! 

     [ "tattle" ]

    1: (n) A nipple

      * e.g.,  ... "dude, her blouse was so low her tattles were lookin at me" 

     [ "Tattle" ]

    1: When someone especially someone you know tells an authority figure usually a teacher or leader of a group of kids, that you are doing something you shouldn't be doing, if what you are doing is wrong, but isn't hurting anyone else, if someone reports you, they are a tattle tale, or a snitch.

      * e.g.,  ... Mark: Mrs. Murphy, Tom is on his phone and he knows he shouldn't be 

     [ "Tattle" ]

    1: where you try to make something all cool and fun, but it doesn’t work out.

      * e.g.,  ... Shelly was being tattle when she tried to make the kids have fun when she said, “I brought you guys some toys”and none of the kids liked playing with toys. 

     [ "tattles" ]

    1: Tits, Tities, Tilznockles, Breastickles

      * e.g.,  ... Check out the tattles on that slizzy! 

     [ "Tattle Tale" ]

    1: A small child (or sometimes adult) that tells when others are "doing something bad", much to the annoyance of everyone around them. Often earn themselves unflattering titles.

      * e.g.,  ... Susie: Teacher! Bobby's out of his seat! 

     [ "Tattle battle" ]

    1: When person A sees person B doing something bad and threatens to spill the beans. Person B responds with his or her own threat of blackmail, to which person A responds with even more blackmail. Can escalate to death threats. Usually takes place between siblings or people who know each other quite well. Also, this can take place between two or more parties. Various classifications of tattle battles include, but are not limited to the following: minor skirmish, big team battle, and nuclear warfare. Tattle battles can lead to bickering, verbal and physical attacks, including being called such epithets as bitchass, and death.

      * e.g.,  ... My girlfriend's best friend caught me fucking 69 various guys and threatened to tell my girlfriend that I was actually gay. That would be completely unnecessary, so I had to start a tattle battle with that little bitch. 

     [ "Tattle Teller" ]

    1: A person who is a snitch

      * e.g.,  ... A Tattle Teller example would be FatJoe 


     [ "Tattle Teller" ]

    2: basically one who informs on people

     [ "tattle-tail" ]

    1: one who tells on somebody when what they're telling doesn't at all affect them

      * e.g.,  ... Joe is such a tattle-tail. He saw me sneak a cookie and he told mom. 

     [ "tattle-tale" ]

    1: One who reports the wrong-doings of others to an authority. A nark.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, Suzie is such a tattle-tale. She always tells the teacher when I cheat on an exam.  

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