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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