Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of dealing in idle gossip; a tattling about trifles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping.
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Examples
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None of whom seem overly concerned about being gutted like a slaughtered lamb on the stone table for tittle-tattling on their neighbours.
Thoughts on Narnia Hal Duncan 2009
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None of whom seem overly concerned about being gutted like a slaughtered lamb on the stone table for tittle-tattling on their neighbours.
Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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Craig, how you feel about being gay isn't my interest, but your view that referring to anyone's sexuality is "tittle-tattling" does interest me.
Was Washington Irving gay? Ann Althouse 2007
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Craig, how you feel about being gay isn't my interest, but your view that referring to anyone's sexuality is "tittle-tattling" does interest me.
Was Washington Irving gay? Ann Althouse 2007
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Is there not milking-time, when you are going to bed, or kiln-hole, to whistle off these secrets, but you must be tittle-tattling before all our guests?
The Winter’s Tale 2004
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I heard water tittle-tattling away in deep shadow below.
Twilight in Italy 2003
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Anything was possible in such a petty-minded, tittle-tattling place.
The Way Home 2003
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But if he lapsed from his own standards by tittle-tattling in school the most likely reason was that his Foreign Office contact was a noted beauty.
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'How dare they be tittle-tattling about it before anybody's seen fit to tell our Ruth.
A Place of Execution McDermid, Val 1999
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Watching Vavalana careful, however, sly dog, peeping or tittle-tattling for Queen.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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