What does tittle-tattle mean?
Tittle-tattle means (uncountable) Petty, idle gossip..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(uncountable) Petty, idle gossip..
Every idle Tittle-tattle that went about, Jack was always ſuſpected for the author of it: […]
She has trouble enough on her hands, with the affairs of that silly young scapegrace, without being pestered by the tittle-tattle of this place. It is all an invention of that fool, Fribsby.
And, when rumours about him surfaced in the form of insinuating magazine articles demanding to know why he hadn’t found a wife yet, his wily agent Henry Willson made sure that none of them stuck, even if it meant leaking tittle-tattle about other clients instead.
If I can once extirpate the race of solid and substantial humdrums, I hope by my wholesome and repeated advices, quickly to reduce the insignificant tittle-tattles and matter-of-fact-men that abound in every quarter of this great city.
‘I hope you two have been mewed in with that old pussy long enough. While you’ve been tittle-tattling I’ve been doing, — listen to what this bobby’s got to say.’
Use tittle-tattle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tittle-tattle means (uncountable) Petty, idle gossip..
Common synonyms include prattle, maunder, palaver, chatter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Every idle Tittle-tattle that went about, Jack was always ſuſpected for the author of it: […]
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