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TITTLE-TATTLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light informal conversation for social occasions

Synonyms:

causerie; chin-wag; chin-wagging; chin wag; chin wagging; chit-chat; chit chat; chitchat; gab; gabfest; gossip; small talk; tittle-tattle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("tittle-tattle" is a kind of...):

chat; confab; confabulation; schmoose; schmooze (an informal conversation)

Derivation:

tittle-tattle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Synonyms:

blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "tittle-tattle" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tittle-tattle"):

babble; blather; blether; blither; smatter (to talk foolishly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue tittle-tattle

Derivation:

tittle-tattle (light informal conversation for social occasions)

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