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Noun: tittle-tattle  'ti-t(u)l,ta-t(u)l
  1. Light informal conversation for social occasions
    - chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest [N. Amer], gossip, chin wag, chin-wag [Brit], chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerie
Verb: tittle-tattle  'ti-t(u)l,ta-t(u)l
  1. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    - chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble, vapor [Brit, Cdn], witter [Brit], rabbit [Brit], yabber [Brit], yatter [Brit]

Derived forms: tittle-tattled, tittle-tattles, tittle-tattling

Type of: chat, chin-wag [Brit], confab, confabulation, mouth, natter, schmoose, schmooze, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

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