Tattling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The speech of one who tattles.

    "Peace your tattlings!"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of tattle form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    prone to communicate confidential information wordnet

Synonyms

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blabbermouthedblabbermouthedleakytalebearing

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"[…] that chaste and sober widow […] coming to Thy church, not for idle tattlings and old wives’ fables, but that she might hear Thee in Thy discourses […]"

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tittle-tattling

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