tattle[verb]Synonyms: gossip, blab, noise (about
or abroad), rumor, talk
[noun]Synonyms: report, buzz, cry, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk
Related Idioms: tell tales out of school
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
tat‧tle /ˈtætl/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Middle Dutch;
Origin: tatelen]
1. old-fashioned to talk about other people’s private lives
Synonym : gossip2. especially American English if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad
tattle on
Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn’t do. ⇒
tittle-tattle—tattle noun [uncountable]—tattler noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲