tattle
[verb]
Synonyms: gossip, blab, noise (about or abroad), rumor, talk
[noun]
Synonyms: report, buzz, cry, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, rumble, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk

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Related Idioms: tell tales out of school

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tat‧tle /ˈtætl/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Middle Dutch; Origin: tatelen]

1. old-fashioned to talk about other people’s private lives Synonym : gossip

2. especially American English if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad
tattle on
Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn’t do. ⇒ tittle-tattle
—tattle noun [uncountable]
—tattler noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲