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Webster 1913 Edition

Tattle

Tat′tle

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tattled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tattling
.]
[Akin to OE.
tateren
, LG.
tateln
, D.
tateren
to stammer, and perhaps to E.
titter
.]
1.
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
The
tattling
quality of age, which is always narrative.
Dryden.
2.
To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer;
as, a
tattling
girl
.

Tat′tle

,
Noun.
Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
[They] told the
tattle
of the day.
Swift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tattle

TAT'TLE

, v.i.
1.
To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning.
Excuse it by the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative.
2.
To tell tales; to communicate secrets; as a tattling girl.

TAT'TLE

,
Noun.
Prate, idle talk or chat; trifling talk.
They told the tattle of the day.

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