TAT'TLE, verb intransitive 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning. Excuse it by the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; as a tattling girl. TAT'TLE, noun Prate, idle talk or chat; trifling talk. They told the tattle of the day.
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