Twit-twat

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of twittle-twattle (“frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle”). also, attributive, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Possibly a clipping of twittle-twattle, influenced by twit (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip”).

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