Past tense of tattle
regular verb
The past tense of tattle is tattled. The past participle is also tattled.
Forms of tattle
| Base form (V1) | tattle /ˈtæt(ə)l/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tattled |
| Past participle (V3) | tattled |
| Present participle | tattling |
| Third person singular | tattles |
Meaning of tattle
- verb To chatter; to gossip.
- verb Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody.
- verb To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.
Questions about the past tense of tattle
- What is the past tense of tattle?
- The past tense of tattle is tattled.
- What is the past participle of tattle?
- The past participle of tattle is tattled.
- Is tattle a regular or irregular verb?
- Tattle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tattle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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