tittle-tattling


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tit·tle-tat·tle

 (tĭt′l-tăt′l)
n.
Petty gossip; trivial talk.
intr.v. tit·tle-tat·tled, tit·tle-tat·tling, tit·tle-tat·tles
To talk idly or foolishly; gossip.
[Reduplication of tattle.]
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A person can be a 'tittle-tattle' or be engaged in the act of tittle-tattling. Some of us have either engaged in the said practice at some moment in our lives, or know of someone who has (at some moment in theirs).
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