Word Meanings - TATTLERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.
Related words: (words related to TATTLERY)
- TITTLEBAT
The three-spined stickleback. - TITTLE-TATTLE
1. Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle. Arbuthnot. 2. An idle, trifling talker; a gossip. Tatler. - TITTLE-TATTLING
The act or habit of parting idly or gossiping. - TITTLE
A particle; a minute part; a jot; an iota. It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Luke xvi. 17. Every tittle of this prophecy is most exactly verified. South. (more info) sense of small; cf. G. tüttel a - TATTLE
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. - TATTLER
Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus. Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale , the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs , the solitary tattler , and - TATTLERY
Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.