tattlen.

/ˈtat(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s tatle. See also tittle-tattle n. and adj.

Etymology: < tattle v. Compare Low German tätel in same sense.

a. The action of tattling; idle or frivolous talk; chatter, gossip.

ΘΚΠ

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

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argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

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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

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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.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D3 Amidst other tattle, they prattled of the beautie of Samela.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 57 At Gossipings, Funeralls, at Church before Sermons, and the like opportunities of tattle.

1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 16 They..told the Tattle of the Day.

1869 W. H. Dixon Tower I. xviii. 215 All this tattle was repeated..to the Queen.

1895 C. Gore Dissert. i. vi. 60 The reserve of the canonical and the vulgar tattle of the apocryphal Gospels.

b. with a and plural. A fit of tattling; a ‘gossip’. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

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spermology1890

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

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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

1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. vii. 349 The dalying tattles of these courting dayes,..and the wanton greetinges in euerie place nowe vsed.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger ii. i. 415 Like olde wiues tales, or tattles.

1783 Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 485 I understand there have been some little tattles going between us.

c1824 W. M. Praed Coronat. Charles X in Polit. & Occas. Poems Three dukes were very nearly slain, Which would have made a tattle For many a day.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tattle-basket (cf. chatterbox n.), tattle-monger.

ΘΚΠ

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

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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

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person

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patterer1552

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long tongue?1562

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chatterer1592

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bablatrice1595

parakeet1598

Bow-bell cockney1600

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morologist1727

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chattermag1844

tattle-monger1848

rattletrap1850

gasser1855

mouth almighty1864

clucker1869

talky-talky1869

gabster1870

loudmouth1870

tonguester1871

palaverista1873

mag1876

jawsmith1887

spieler1894

twitterer1895

yabbler1901

wordster1904

poofter1916

blatherer1920

ear-bender1922

burbler1923

woofer1934

ear-basher1944

motormouth1955

yacker1960

yammerer1978

jay-

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Lingulaca A prating gossip, a tattle-basket.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs iv. 17 She knew..how all the tattle-mongers..watched the movements of the Snobkys with interest.

1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. ix. 272 A prosaic friendship, that has nothing in it at which the tattlemongers of this place may chatter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

tattlev.

/ˈtat(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s tatle, 1700s tattel; present participle and gerundMiddle English–1500s tatelyng(e, Middle English–1600s tatling.

Etymology: Appears in Caxton's Reynard the Fox, 1481, where it reproduces Middle Flemish tatelen , a parallel form to the more usual Middle Flemish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, also Flemish, Dutch, East Frisian tateren (see tatter v.²), with exchange of frequentative suffixes -er , -el . Low German has also tateln , täteln to gabble, cackle (whence tatelgos gabbling goose), Bremen Wörterbuch. Compare also tittle v.¹, and tittle-tattle n. and adj., in Low German titeltateln. Ultimately onomatopoeic.

†1. intransitive. To speak hesitatingly, falter, stammer; esp. to prattle as a young child; to utter baby-talk.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly

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hem1470

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ha1604

hammer1619

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haw1632

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ah1853

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1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 61 But who can gyue to his lesynge a conclusion, and prononce it without tatelyng [Du. ende seit sine woerden sonder tatelen].

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 51 When the babe shall nowe beginne to tattle and call hir Mamma.

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. K2^v A childe..whose infancie tatling with a pleasaunt lisping sounde, shall become an incredible delight to the parentes hearing.

a1719 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met., Birth Bacchus 40 In her trembling gate she [Juno] totters on, And learns to tattle in the Nurse's tone.

a. To utter small talk; to talk idly or lightly; to chatter, babble, prate; to chat, gossip.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat

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confablec1450

crack1529

tattle1547

chat1551

confabulate1604

confab1741

prosea1764

parleyvoo1765

coze1818

yarn1819

cosher1833

to pass a good morning1835

small-talk1848

mardle1853

cooze1870

chinwag1879

rap1909

kibitz1923

to shoot the breeze1941

old-talk1956

ole-talk1971

gyaff1976

gist1992

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

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rattlec1400

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chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

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languetc1450

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blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

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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

1547 [implied in: 1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. iv. 24 [Barlow, bishop of S. Davids..preached at court..urging..a redress of several abuses in religion... The Bishop of Winchester..was mightily disturbed at it, calling it] his tattling. (at tattling n. 2)].

1549 [implied in: R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Diiii^v Vayne tatyllars That do vse false rumours to sowe. (at tattler n. 1)].

a1568 Bannatyne Poems (Hunterian Club) 1082 Louers must be tatling; Go to, good sir, you ar ane foole, yow dull me with your pratling.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 490 To tattle and clatter without Judgement of matters of Divinitie.

1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 40 I must tell you, Sir, you have tatled long enough.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋14 I was tattling with my former freedom.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 297 She tattled on: first to one,..then to all.

b. transferred and figurative.

1576 [implied in: G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K^v The tatling Awbe doth please some fancie wel, And some like best, the byrde as Blacke as cole. (at tattling adj. b)].

1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 37 I seeme to heare resounding Ecchoes tatling, Of misdemeanors raigning heere and there.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 581 The merite of this reliefe, whereof your by-note in the margent tatleth.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. lxviii. 60 When keen breath'd Winds..glaze tatling Stream.

1734 J. Swift Cassinus & Peter in Beautiful Nymph 30 Nor whisper to the tattling Reeds, The blackest of all Female Deeds.

1881 E. Arnold Indian Poetry 91 Let him hear the tattling ripple Of the bangles round thy feet.

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

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip

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fetch-and-carry1770

gammer1788

chit-chat1821

rumour1832

nipper1840

coffee-house1861

cooze1870

chopse1879

skinder1942

scuttlebutt1945

to talk trash1947

gyaff1976

gist1992

tongue-wag-

society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours

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tittlec1400

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tattle1581

clavera1605

gossip1627

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clasha1689

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clype1843

clatfart1913

tattle-tale1918

labrish1935

1581 [implied in: J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 28 Blowen abroad..amongest tattlyng women, foolishe children. (at tattling adj. a)].

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 211 To have exposed her to the tatling of tongues, was a thing he feared like death.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox v. 93 People of that Nature have never a greater itch to bee Tatling, than when they are commanded to be Silent, and the greater the danger is, the more are they tempted to reveal it.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 197 When one of the gang tattles, confesses, and accuses the rest.

1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xx She had always been one whom they could have in their families..she never tattled.

4. transitive. To utter, say, or tell over in tattling. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge

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blate1878

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)]

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prabble1603

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garrulate1656

gabber?1661

chime1697

spiel1904

chitter-chatter1928

society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (transitive)] > bear tales or rumours

bearOE

scandalize1490

tattle1593

gossip1611

to give abouta1715

to call the clash1825

1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 11 They will tatle tales.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 167 Then let the Ladies tattle what they please.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvii. 159 This intricate stuffe tattl'd heer of Timothy and Titus, and I know not whom thir Successors.

1729 T. Cooke Tales 57 What from the Frankness of your Soul you say, The Fool may tattel, and the Knave betray.

5. With adverb complement: To get or bring into some condition by tattling.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > bring into a condition by talking excessively

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1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 108. ⁋10 Lest the hours..should be tattled away without regard to literature.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 297 She tattled on..till she had tattled herself out of breath.

Derivatives

ˈtattlement n. tattling, chatter.

ΘΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering

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blattering1604

snuttering1693

futileness1727

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gabbering1798

magginga1800

yaffing1815

deblateration1817

tattlement1837

nattering1859

spieling1859

yattering1859

chatteration1862

quiddling1870

windjamming1886

waffling1958

motormouthing1981

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

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trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

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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

1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) VI. 225 Poor little Lilias Baillie; tottering about there, with her foolish glad tattlement.

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单词	tattle
释义	tattlen. /ˈtat(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s tatle. See also tittle-tattle n. and adj. Etymology: < tattle v. Compare Low German tätel in same sense. a. The action of tattling; idle or frivolous talk; chatter, gossip. 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. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D3 Amidst other tattle, they prattled of the beautie of Samela. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 57 At Gossipings, Funeralls, at Church before Sermons, and the like opportunities of tattle. 1726 J. Swift Cadenus & Vanessa 16 They..told the Tattle of the Day. 1869 W. H. Dixon Tower I. xviii. 215 All this tattle was repeated..to the Queen. 1895 C. Gore Dissert. i. vi. 60 The reserve of the canonical and the vulgar tattle of the apocryphal Gospels. b. with a and plural. A fit of tattling; a ‘gossip’. Now rare. 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 1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. vii. 349 The dalying tattles of these courting dayes,..and the wanton greetinges in euerie place nowe vsed. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger ii. i. 415 Like olde wiues tales, or tattles. 1783 Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 485 I understand there have been some little tattles going between us. c1824 W. M. Praed Coronat. Charles X in Polit. & Occas. Poems Three dukes were very nearly slain, Which would have made a tattle For many a day. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as tattle-basket (cf. chatterbox n.), tattle-monger. 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 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person chaterestrea1250 jangler1303 babbler1366 blabbererc1375 jangleressc1386 talkerc1386 clatterer1388 cacklera1400 languager1436 carperc1440 mamblerc1450 praterc1500 jackdaw?1520 chewet1546 flibbertigibbet1549 clatterfart1552 patterer1552 piec1557 long tongue?1562 prattler1567 piet1574 twattler1577 brawler1581 nimble-chops1581 pratepie1582 roita1585 whittera1585 full-mouth1589 interprater1591 chatterer1592 pianet1594 bablatrice1595 parakeet1598 Bow-bell cockney1600 prattle-basket1602 bagpipe1603 worder1606 babliaminy1608 chougha1616 gabbler1624 blatterer1627 magpie1632 prate-apace1636 rattlea1637 clack1640 blateroon1647 overtalker1654 prate-roast1671 prattle-box1671 babelard1678 twattle-basket1688 mouth1699 tongue-pad1699 chatterista1704 rattler1709 morologist1727 chatterbox1774 palaverer1788 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 slangwhanger1807 nash-gab1816 pump1823 windbag1827 big mouth1834 gasbag1841 chattermag1844 tattle-monger1848 rattletrap1850 gasser1855 mouth almighty1864 clucker1869 talky-talky1869 gabster1870 loudmouth1870 tonguester1871 palaverista1873 mag1876 jawsmith1887 spieler1894 twitterer1895 yabbler1901 wordster1904 poofter1916 blatherer1920 ear-bender1922 burbler1923 woofer1934 ear-basher1944 motormouth1955 yacker1960 yammerer1978 jay- 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Lingulaca A prating gossip, a tattle-basket. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs iv. 17 She knew..how all the tattle-mongers..watched the movements of the Snobkys with interest. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. ix. 272 A prosaic friendship, that has nothing in it at which the tattlemongers of this place may chatter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). tattlev. /ˈtat(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s tatle, 1700s tattel; present participle and gerundMiddle English–1500s tatelyng(e, Middle English–1600s tatling. Etymology: Appears in Caxton's Reynard the Fox, 1481, where it reproduces Middle Flemish tatelen , a parallel form to the more usual Middle Flemish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, also Flemish, Dutch, East Frisian tateren (see tatter v.²), with exchange of frequentative suffixes -er , -el . Low German has also tateln , täteln to gabble, cackle (whence tatelgos gabbling goose), Bremen Wörterbuch. Compare also tittle v.¹, and tittle-tattle n. and adj., in Low German titeltateln. Ultimately onomatopoeic. †1. intransitive. To speak hesitatingly, falter, stammer; esp. to prattle as a young child; to utter baby-talk. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > speak inarticulately or with a defect [verb (intransitive)] > stammer or speak hesitantly stammerc1000 wlaffe1025 stotec1325 humc1374 mafflea1387 stut1388 rattlea1398 famble14.. mammera1425 drotec1440 falterc1440 stackerc1440 hem1470 wallowa1475 tattle1481 mant1506 happer1519 trip1526 hobblea1529 hack1553 stagger1565 faffle1570 stutter1570 hem and hawk1588 ha1604 hammer1619 titubate1623 haw1632 fork1652 hacker1652 lispc1680 hesitate1706 balbutiate1731 haffle1790 hotter1828 stutter1831 ah1853 catch1889 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 61 But who can gyue to his lesynge a conclusion, and prononce it without tatelyng [Du. ende seit sine woerden sonder tatelen]. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 51 When the babe shall nowe beginne to tattle and call hir Mamma. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. K2^v A childe..whose infancie tatling with a pleasaunt lisping sounde, shall become an incredible delight to the parentes hearing. a1719 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met., Birth Bacchus 40 In her trembling gate she [Juno] totters on, And learns to tattle in the Nurse's tone. 2. a. To utter small talk; to talk idly or lightly; to chatter, babble, prate; to chat, gossip. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat dallyc1300 confablec1450 crack1529 tattle1547 chat1551 confabulate1604 confab1741 prosea1764 parleyvoo1765 coze1818 yarn1819 cosher1833 to pass a good morning1835 small-talk1848 mardle1853 cooze1870 chinwag1879 rap1909 kibitz1923 to shoot the breeze1941 old-talk1956 ole-talk1971 gyaff1976 gist1992 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 1547 [implied in: 1547 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. iv. 24 [Barlow, bishop of S. Davids..preached at court..urging..a redress of several abuses in religion... The Bishop of Winchester..was mightily disturbed at it, calling it] his tattling. (at tattling n. 2)]. 1549 [implied in: R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Diiii^v Vayne tatyllars That do vse false rumours to sowe. (at tattler n. 1)]. a1568 Bannatyne Poems (Hunterian Club) 1082 Louers must be tatling; Go to, good sir, you ar ane foole, yow dull me with your pratling. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 490 To tattle and clatter without Judgement of matters of Divinitie. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 40 I must tell you, Sir, you have tatled long enough. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 153. ⁋14 I was tattling with my former freedom. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 297 She tattled on: first to one,..then to all. b. transferred and figurative. Π 1576 [implied in: G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K^v The tatling Awbe doth please some fancie wel, And some like best, the byrde as Blacke as cole. (at tattling adj. b)]. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 37 I seeme to heare resounding Ecchoes tatling, Of misdemeanors raigning heere and there. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 581 The merite of this reliefe, whereof your by-note in the margent tatleth. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. lxviii. 60 When keen breath'd Winds..glaze tatling Stream. 1734 J. Swift Cassinus & Peter in Beautiful Nymph 30 Nor whisper to the tattling Reeds, The blackest of all Female Deeds. 1881 E. Arnold Indian Poetry 91 Let him hear the tattling ripple Of the bangles round thy feet. 3. To talk without reticence so as to reveal secrets or private affairs; to blab, ‘tell tales’. (Now usually with mixture of sense 2.) ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours talea1225 tittlec1400 twittle1551 tattle1581 clavera1605 gossip1627 twita1643 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 clype1843 clatfart1913 tattle-tale1918 labrish1935 1581 [implied in: J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 28 Blowen abroad..amongest tattlyng women, foolishe children. (at tattling adj. a)]. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 211 To have exposed her to the tatling of tongues, was a thing he feared like death. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox v. 93 People of that Nature have never a greater itch to bee Tatling, than when they are commanded to be Silent, and the greater the danger is, the more are they tempted to reveal it. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 197 When one of the gang tattles, confesses, and accuses the rest. 1876 J. G. Holland Story of Sevenoaks (new ed.) xx She had always been one whom they could have in their families..she never tattled. 4. transitive. To utter, say, or tell over in tattling. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without proper knowledge twattle1577 twittle1577 tattle1593 smatter1616 bleat1692 blate1878 the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] cacklec1230 chattera1250 clapc1315 jangle1377 blabberc1380 trattlea1425 pratea1475 chat1483 prattlea1500 prittle-prattlea1555 gabble1566 blatter?1567 gaggle1577 clacket1579 knap1581 prittle1583 clack1590 volley1591 tattle1593 prabble1603 out-babble1649 garrulate1656 gabber?1661 chime1697 spiel1904 chitter-chatter1928 society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (transitive)] > bear tales or rumours bearOE scandalize1490 tattle1593 gossip1611 to give abouta1715 to call the clash1825 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 11 They will tatle tales. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 167 Then let the Ladies tattle what they please. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvii. 159 This intricate stuffe tattl'd heer of Timothy and Titus, and I know not whom thir Successors. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 57 What from the Frankness of your Soul you say, The Fool may tattel, and the Knave betray. 5. With adverb complement: To get or bring into some condition by tattling. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > utter in a chattering manner [verb (transitive)] > bring into a condition by talking excessively talk1600 prattlea1616 twattlea1704 tattle1751 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 108. ⁋10 Lest the hours..should be tattled away without regard to literature. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iii. vii. 297 She tattled on..till she had tattled herself out of breath. Derivatives ˈtattlement n. tattling, chatter. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chattering chaveling?c1225 janglingc1330 jangleryc1374 tatteringc1380 ganglinga1387 clatteringc1400 babbling?c1430 languetingc1450 pratinga1470 cackling1530 prattling1530 tattling1547 gaggling1548 clicketing1575 twattling1577 clacking1594 gabbling1599 blattering1604 snuttering1693 futileness1727 rattling1753 gabbering1798 magginga1800 yaffing1815 deblateration1817 tattlement1837 nattering1859 spieling1859 yattering1859 chatteration1862 quiddling1870 windjamming1886 waffling1958 motormouthing1981 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 1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) VI. 225 Poor little Lilias Baillie; tottering about there, with her foolish glad tattlement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1529v.1481
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