tittle-tattlen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtlˌtatl/, U.S.

/ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtæd(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s tyttel-tattyll, 1500s–1600s title-tattle, 1500s–1700s title-tatle, 1500s–1700s tittel-tattel, 1500s– tittle-tattle, 1600s–1800s tittle-tatle.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: tattle v.

Etymology: Probably a reduplication (with vowel variation) of tattle v. Compare earlier tittle v.¹ and later tattle n. Compare also trittle-trattle n., twittle-twattle n.

depreciative.

A. n.

a. Idle talk or chatter; esp. casual conversation or gossip about other people and their lives, typically when characterized as trivial, involving details that are unsubstantiated by evidence, or likely to result in the spreading of rumours.In quot. a1529 perhaps used adverbially.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

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Haigspeak1981

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping

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a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.i^v I played with him tyttel tattyll And fed him with my spattyl with his byll betwene my lippes.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 226 Rhymerales..made muche tittle tattle nor would in no wyse lynne pratyng therof.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 71 I warrant you, if you looke into the warres of the Romanes, You shall finde no tittle tattle, nor bible bable there.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 28 June (1974) VIII. 303 After a great deal of tittle-tattle with this honest man,..we to bed.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 419/1 Nor bear a part in prittle-prattle Of rumour-loving tittle-tattle.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 97 To..be let into all the scandal and tittle tattle of the town.

1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 309 The literary tittle-tattle of the age.

1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 153 Inordinately given to knowing everything about everybody, and to ‘tittle-tattle’.

1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary in Chron. Fairacre (1982) 306 ‘Understand this,’ I said in the voice I keep for those about to be caned, ‘I will have no more behind-hand tittle-tattle about this poor man and me.’

2010 Viz May 37/2 Do you really expect me to comment on every piece of gutter speculation and tittle tattle?

b. An unreliable tale or rumour; a piece of gossip; a topic of idle chatter.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > instance of

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip

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he-say-she-say1972

gyaff1975

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goss1985

gist1990

1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 47 Every man devising one tittletattle or other, as his own vaine heade imagines.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 511 What is this but a tittletattle of Children.

1681 J. Bairdy Balm from Gilead 19 What are your uncertain Historiolæ, Tittle-tattle's, and groundless surmises of your Brethrens practices?

1749 J. Beach Calm & Dispassionate Vindic. Professors Church of Eng. App. 49 I can bring Men to testify, of better Reputation than Mr. Hobart's Voucher for this and some other of his Tittle-Tattles.

1788 ‘Pindaromastix’ Æsop in Pan 16 Now breed no more Pindaric riot, But eat and drink, and sleep in quiet; No longer tittle tattles tell.

1930 J. Redfern tr. P. Aretino Let. in F. De Sanctis Hist. Ital. Lit. xvi. 606 I do acknowledge that I am less useful to the world, and less pleasing to Christ, for employing my studies in writing lying tittle-tattles instead of true works.

1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 264 At night, Nelta sat by me. He spent a good part of the night entertaining me with tittle-tattles.

c. A casual conversation about other people, events, etc., typically personal or private in nature and characterized as trivial and involving details unsubstantiated by evidence; an instance of idle chatter or gossiping.Before the mid 20th century always used disapprovingly, but subsequent use is typically more positive; cf. goss n.¹ Additions a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat

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rapping1967

?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 10 Why Girls? what, Huswives, will you spend all your forenoon in tittle-tattles?

1707 D. Bret tr. L.-S. de Sacy Disc. Friendship ii. 83 Our Conversations were no more employ'd in these loose tittle-tattles.

1842 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 9 Apr. 89/2 All men have odd notions, and it is a foolish thing to tell them every nonsense; it makes them think little of us women, to keep up a tittle-tattle about every trifle.

1868 H. Kingsley Mademoiselle Mathilde III. xxii. 260 Their tittle-tattles about precedence are to me insupportable now that hell has broken loose.

1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 400 Over coffee and a slice of Madeira cake, the couple had a most entertaining tittle-tattle.

2014 Daily News (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 1 Apr. You may be loath to admit it but everyone loves a good tittle-tattle, especially in the workplace.

2. A person who habitually engages in tittle-tattle; a gossip. Cf. tittle-tattler n.In early use typically used of a woman.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips

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shat1709

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tattle-basket1736

small-talker1762

nash-gab1816

granny1861

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scuttlebutt gossip1901

wag-tongue1902

coffee-houser1907

kibitzer1925

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

yacker1959

rapper1967

village gossip1972

1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. C.iv/1 Babillard, a bablar, a prattler, a clatterer, a tittle tattle.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. D2^v Shal a tittle tattles words make you forsake Simon Eyre?

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 157. ⁋13 Your Castanets or impertinent Tittle-Tattles, who have no other Variety in their Discourse but that of talking slower or faster.

?1750 Characterism Pref. Should the Criticks enquire, why I should dishonour the Male-Sex so far as to put them in the Rear of so many Female Tittle-Tattles?

1812 Crit. Rev. Oct. 402 We feel indignant whenever we see a party of Tittle-Tattles, whether in breeches or petticoats, collected for the purpose of distorting the words and actions of their neighbours.

1872 Tittle-tattle ix. 46 We servants called her a tittle-tattle, which she is, sure enough!

1938 G. B. Crum Strumpet Wind iv. 162 You remember one time I told you that the people were awful tittle-tattles around here?

2013 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Sept. 28 Celebrity tittletattles who follow every whisper of Hollywood gossip.

B. adj.

Characterized by or full of tittle-tattle; given to tittle-tattle; gossipy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Berghinella A tittle tattle woman, an idle huswife.

1642 Thankes to Parl. (single sheet) See how this wise Assembly they abuse, And fill our heads with tittle tattle Newes.

1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 14 Such a set of tittle tattle, prittle prattle visitants! Oh dear!

1780 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 123 Bath is as Tittle Tattle a Town as Lynn.

1828 M. B. Smith What is Gentility? vii. 64 Her silly tittle-tattle gossip.

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xvi. 184 In such a tittle-tattle place as Hollingford!

1953 Financial Times 30 Sept. 4/1 The miners should not be subjected to tittle-tattle tales in Parliament and time wasted in the House of Commons poking noses into our affairs.

2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Dec. 1 Let's focus more on this and less on tittle-tattle gossip.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tittle-tattlev.

Brit.

/ˌtɪtlˈtatl/,

/ˈtɪtltatl/, U.S.

/ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtæd(ə)l/

Forms: see tittle-tattle n. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tittle-tattle n.

Etymology: < tittle-tattle n. Compare earlier tittle v.¹ and tattle v.Compare German regional (Lower Saxony) titeltateln in the same sense.

depreciative.

intransitive. To talk or chatter in an idle way; esp. to gossip about other people and their lives, esp. in such a way as to reveal others' secrets or wrongdoings.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

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to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

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oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

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palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

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buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

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chin1884

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spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

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to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

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to twat on1996

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]

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1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties Pref. sig. ¶¶.vi^v Yet is it one thing to title tattle, I wott not how, or to chatter like a iaye: & an other, to bestowe his wordes wiselye.

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. ix. 481 Any woman when shee hath mette with her gossippe to tittle tattle, to the slander of an other.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 245 To whistle of these secrets, but you must be tittle-tatling before all our guests?

1691 T. Southerne Sir Anthony Love v. i A good-natur'd, old merry fellow,..who can tittle-tattle and gossip in their families upon an ancient privilege.

1767 E. Toms tr. C. Goldoni Accomplish'd Maid i. ii. 10 It does not become servants to be tittle tattling of their masters and mistresses affairs.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. Oct. in Coll. Lett. (1887) 25 I should like to take another sheet and go on tittle-tattling, it drops off almost as fast as talking.

1959 A. E. Lindop Nicola xxiv. 169 Ted reassured her, ‘She's not the type to tittle-tattle.’

2018 @Keggi32 17 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) A long way away from Ena Sharples and Minnie Caldwell tittle tattling in the snug at the Rovers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tittle-tattle
释义	tittle-tattlen.adj. Brit. /ˈtɪtlˌtatl/, U.S. /ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtæd(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s tyttel-tattyll, 1500s–1600s title-tattle, 1500s–1700s title-tatle, 1500s–1700s tittel-tattel, 1500s– tittle-tattle, 1600s–1800s tittle-tatle. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: tattle v. Etymology: Probably a reduplication (with vowel variation) of tattle v. Compare earlier tittle v.¹ and later tattle n. Compare also trittle-trattle n., twittle-twattle n. depreciative. A. n. 1. a. Idle talk or chatter; esp. casual conversation or gossip about other people and their lives, typically when characterized as trivial, involving details that are unsubstantiated by evidence, or likely to result in the spreading of rumours.In quot. a1529 perhaps used adverbially. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping taling1382 susurrationa1425 trattlinga1425 tittlinga1450 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 tittle-tattlinga1586 news-making1707 gossiping1712 gossipry1818 gossipred1828 anecdoting1845 calleting1905 hen-cackle1907 a1529 J. Skelton Phyllyp Sparowe (?1545) sig. B.i^v I played with him tyttel tattyll And fed him with my spattyl with his byll betwene my lippes. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 226 Rhymerales..made muche tittle tattle nor would in no wyse lynne pratyng therof. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 71 I warrant you, if you looke into the warres of the Romanes, You shall finde no tittle tattle, nor bible bable there. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 28 June (1974) VIII. 303 After a great deal of tittle-tattle with this honest man,..we to bed. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 419/1 Nor bear a part in prittle-prattle Of rumour-loving tittle-tattle. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. ii. 97 To..be let into all the scandal and tittle tattle of the town. 1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 309 The literary tittle-tattle of the age. 1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 153 Inordinately given to knowing everything about everybody, and to ‘tittle-tattle’. 1957 ‘Miss Read’ Village Diary in Chron. Fairacre (1982) 306 ‘Understand this,’ I said in the voice I keep for those about to be caned, ‘I will have no more behind-hand tittle-tattle about this poor man and me.’ 2010 Viz May 37/2 Do you really expect me to comment on every piece of gutter speculation and tittle tattle? b. An unreliable tale or rumour; a piece of gossip; a topic of idle chatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] > instance of follyc1300 tittle-tattle1570 nothing1581 tattle1583 rattle1627 stultiloquy1653 pratement1657 hubble-bubble1720 spermology1890 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip jowl?c1225 trattle1513 tittle-tattle1570 tattle1583 clatter1596 street web1614 town talk1642 street-threada1661 clash1685 fetch-fire1784 street yarn1800 gossip1811 village gossip1847 Russian scandal1861 chopsing1879 cooze1880 reportage1881 skeet1900 scuttlebutt gossip1901 pussy-talk1937 mauvais languec1945 comess1970 he-say-she-say1972 gyaff1975 skinder1979 goss1985 gist1990 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 47 Every man devising one tittletattle or other, as his own vaine heade imagines. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxvii. 511 What is this but a tittletattle of Children. 1681 J. Bairdy Balm from Gilead 19 What are your uncertain Historiolæ, Tittle-tattle's, and groundless surmises of your Brethrens practices? 1749 J. Beach Calm & Dispassionate Vindic. Professors Church of Eng. App. 49 I can bring Men to testify, of better Reputation than Mr. Hobart's Voucher for this and some other of his Tittle-Tattles. 1788 ‘Pindaromastix’ Æsop in Pan 16 Now breed no more Pindaric riot, But eat and drink, and sleep in quiet; No longer tittle tattles tell. 1930 J. Redfern tr. P. Aretino Let. in F. De Sanctis Hist. Ital. Lit. xvi. 606 I do acknowledge that I am less useful to the world, and less pleasing to Christ, for employing my studies in writing lying tittle-tattles instead of true works. 1997 R.-M. Rejouis & V. Vinokurov tr. P. Chamoiseau Texaco (1998) 264 At night, Nelta sat by me. He spent a good part of the night entertaining me with tittle-tattles. c. A casual conversation about other people, events, etc., typically personal or private in nature and characterized as trivial and involving details unsubstantiated by evidence; an instance of idle chatter or gossiping.Before the mid 20th century always used disapprovingly, but subsequent use is typically more positive; cf. goss n.¹ Additions a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 ?c1640 W. Rowley et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 10 Why Girls? what, Huswives, will you spend all your forenoon in tittle-tattles? 1707 D. Bret tr. L.-S. de Sacy Disc. Friendship ii. 83 Our Conversations were no more employ'd in these loose tittle-tattles. 1842 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 9 Apr. 89/2 All men have odd notions, and it is a foolish thing to tell them every nonsense; it makes them think little of us women, to keep up a tittle-tattle about every trifle. 1868 H. Kingsley Mademoiselle Mathilde III. xxii. 260 Their tittle-tattles about precedence are to me insupportable now that hell has broken loose. 1952 T. Armstrong Adam Brunskill xii. 400 Over coffee and a slice of Madeira cake, the couple had a most entertaining tittle-tattle. 2014 Daily News (Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 1 Apr. You may be loath to admit it but everyone loves a good tittle-tattle, especially in the workplace. 2. A person who habitually engages in tittle-tattle; a gossip. Cf. tittle-tattler n.In early use typically used of a woman. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 1571 Dict. French & Eng. sig. C.iv/1 Babillard, a bablar, a prattler, a clatterer, a tittle tattle. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. D2^v Shal a tittle tattles words make you forsake Simon Eyre? 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 157. ⁋13 Your Castanets or impertinent Tittle-Tattles, who have no other Variety in their Discourse but that of talking slower or faster. ?1750 Characterism Pref. Should the Criticks enquire, why I should dishonour the Male-Sex so far as to put them in the Rear of so many Female Tittle-Tattles? 1812 Crit. Rev. Oct. 402 We feel indignant whenever we see a party of Tittle-Tattles, whether in breeches or petticoats, collected for the purpose of distorting the words and actions of their neighbours. 1872 Tittle-tattle ix. 46 We servants called her a tittle-tattle, which she is, sure enough! 1938 G. B. Crum Strumpet Wind iv. 162 You remember one time I told you that the people were awful tittle-tattles around here? 2013 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Sept. 28 Celebrity tittletattles who follow every whisper of Hollywood gossip. B. adj. Characterized by or full of tittle-tattle; given to tittle-tattle; gossipy. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [adjective] > of or relating to chat > of or relating to gossip or rumour > gossiping tittling1565 tittle-tattle1598 gossiping1618 tittle-tattling1720 anecdotical1732 anecdoting1740 anecdotic1791 gossipy1818 talky-talky1831 anecdotive1857 mauvais langue1961 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Berghinella A tittle tattle woman, an idle huswife. 1642 Thankes to Parl. (single sheet) See how this wise Assembly they abuse, And fill our heads with tittle tattle Newes. 1768 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 14 Such a set of tittle tattle, prittle prattle visitants! Oh dear! 1780 F. Burney Let. May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 123 Bath is as Tittle Tattle a Town as Lynn. 1828 M. B. Smith What is Gentility? vii. 64 Her silly tittle-tattle gossip. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xvi. 184 In such a tittle-tattle place as Hollingford! 1953 Financial Times 30 Sept. 4/1 The miners should not be subjected to tittle-tattle tales in Parliament and time wasted in the House of Commons poking noses into our affairs. 2016 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Dec. 1 Let's focus more on this and less on tittle-tattle gossip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tittle-tattlev. Brit. /ˌtɪtlˈtatl/, /ˈtɪtltatl/, U.S. /ˈtɪd(ə)lˌtæd(ə)l/ Forms: see tittle-tattle n. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tittle-tattle n. Etymology: < tittle-tattle n. Compare earlier tittle v.¹ and tattle v.Compare German regional (Lower Saxony) titeltateln in the same sense. depreciative. intransitive. To talk or chatter in an idle way; esp. to gossip about other people and their lives, esp. in such a way as to reveal others' secrets or wrongdoings. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)] chattera1250 drivelc1390 clatter1401 chatc1440 smattera1450 pratec1460 blaver1461 babble?1504 blether1524 boblec1530 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 fable1579 tinkle1638 whiffle1706 slaver1730 doitera1790 jaunder1808 haver1816 maunder1816 blather1825 yatter1825 blat1846 bibble-babble1888 flap-doodle1893 twiddle1893 spiel1894 rot1896 blither1903 to run off at the mouth1908 drool1923 twiddle-twaddle1925 crap1940 natter1942 yack1950 yacker1961 yacket1969 1556 N. Grimald in tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties Pref. sig. ¶¶.vi^v Yet is it one thing to title tattle, I wott not how, or to chatter like a iaye: & an other, to bestowe his wordes wiselye. 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. ix. 481 Any woman when shee hath mette with her gossippe to tittle tattle, to the slander of an other. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 245 To whistle of these secrets, but you must be tittle-tatling before all our guests? View more context for this quotation 1691 T. Southerne Sir Anthony Love v. i A good-natur'd, old merry fellow,..who can tittle-tattle and gossip in their families upon an ancient privilege. 1767 E. Toms tr. C. Goldoni Accomplish'd Maid i. ii. 10 It does not become servants to be tittle tattling of their masters and mistresses affairs. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Let. Oct. in Coll. Lett. (1887) 25 I should like to take another sheet and go on tittle-tattling, it drops off almost as fast as talking. 1959 A. E. Lindop Nicola xxiv. 169 Ted reassured her, ‘She's not the type to tittle-tattle.’ 2018 @Keggi32 17 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) A long way away from Ena Sharples and Minnie Caldwell tittle tattling in the snug at the Rovers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1529v.1556
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