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English Dictionary: tittle-tattle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tittle-tattle
n
  1. light informal conversation for social occasions [syn: chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin- wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie]
v
  1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    Synonym(s): chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle- tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, n. [A reduplication of tattle.]
      1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. --Arbuthnot.
  
      2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. [R.] --Tatler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tittle-tattle \Tit"tle-tat`tle\, v. i.
      To talk idly; to prate. --Shak.
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