intransitive. To discourse, talk, gossip; to tell (of); to tell tales. Obsolete.

To say something as a rumour or matter of gossip; hence, to indulge in idle or censorious gossip. (Formerly also transitive with object clause.)

intransitive. To spread gossip or rumour; to tattle. Cf. tittle, v.1 1a, twattle, v. 1a.

To talk without reticence so as to reveal secrets or private affairs; to blab, ‘tell tales’. (Now usually with mixture of sense 2.)

intransitive. To talk recklessly or maliciously; to gossip. Scottish.

transitive. To go in quest of, and convey or conduct back. The first part of the notion is often… to fetch and carry: literal chiefly of dogs (cf…

intransitive. To idle, trifle, gossip; to lounge about; to fritter away (time).

intransitive. To gossip; = chat, v.1 3.

intransitive. To invent or spread rumours.

intransitive. To whisper, to gossip.

intransitive. To indulge in gossip (originally while waiting for the hounds to draw a covert, etc., during a fox-hunt). Chiefly in verbal noun (also…

intransitive. To chat, to gossip. Now rare.

intransitive. English regional (chiefly midlands), Welsh English, and Bermudian English. To talk excessively; to talk nonsense; to chatter, gossip.

intransitive. To gossip.

(intransitive) to gossip, to spread unfounded stories.

Chiefly U.S. colloquial (originally in African-American use). to talk trash, to gossip; to engage in foolish, exaggerated, or untruthful…

intransitive. To chat; to gossip. Cf. gyaff, n.

intransitive. Nigerian English. To chat, gossip. Cf. gist, n.3 additions.