tittle-tattle

1. 1.

   speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   Synonymschatterpifflepalaverpratetwaddleclackmaunderprattleblabgibbertattleblabbergabble

   Broadertalk

   Narrowerbabble

Questions about tittle-tattle

What does tittle-tattle mean?

tittle-tattle means "light informal conversation for social occasions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tittle-tattle?

tittle-tattle has 4 syllables and divides as titt-le--tat-tle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tittle-tattle?

Close synonyms include chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tittle-tattle a common word?

tittle-tattle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.