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tattle

verb

1 they were tattling about him over their teacups:

gossip, tittle-tattle, chatter, chat, chit-chat, prattle, prate, babble, blabber, jabber, gabble, rattle on, spread rumours, spread gossip, circulate rumours, spread stories;

informal chinwag, jaw, yak, gab;

British, informal natter, rabbit on, witter on;

North American, informal run off at the mouth;

US, informal spill the tea.

2 I would tattle on her if I had any hard evidence:

inform, report, talk, tell all, spill the beans;

accuse;

informal squeal, sing, let the cat out of the bag.

noun

that's a load of tabloid tattle:

gossip, rumour, tittle-tattle, hearsay, prattle, scandal, small talk, chit-chat;

US, informal tea.

tattle Oxford Dictionary of English