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tittle-tattling

tittle-tattling is the present participle and gerund of tittle-tattle.

Meaning of tittle-tattle

Verb

tittle-tattle (third-person singular simple present tittle-tattles, present participle tittle-tattling, simple past and past participle tittle-tattled)

  1. To engage in gossip.
    • ‘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.’1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
  2. To spread gossip.

See all 4 meanings of tittle-tattle

Noun

tittle-tattling (countable and uncountable, plural tittle-tattlings)

  1. Idle gossip.

Forms of tittle-tattling

pluraltittle-tattlings

Questions about tittle-tattling

What does tittle-tattling mean?
Tittle-tattling means idle gossip.
What is tittle-tattling the present participle and gerund of?
Tittle-tattling is the present participle and gerund of tittle-tattle.
What part of speech is tittle-tattling?
Tittle-tattling is a noun.
What is the plural of tittle-tattling?
The plural of tittle-tattling is tittle-tattlings.

Words near tittle-tattling in the dictionary

  1. tittle-tattle
  2. tittle-tattled
  3. tittle-tattler
  4. tittle-tattlers
  5. tittle-tattles
  6. tittle-tattling
  7. tittle-tattlings
  8. tittlebat
  9. tittlebats
  10. tittled
  11. tittles

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