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tittle-tattle

/ˈtɪt.əl ˌtæt.əl/

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noun

/ˈtɪt.əl ˌtæt.əl/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее легкий, неформальный или незначительный разговор, часто о пустяках или сплетнях, обычно происходящий в социальной обстановке.

A noun referring to light, informal, or trivial conversation, often about unimportant matters or gossip, typically occurring in social settings.

uncountable

  1. Light gossip or casual talkB2informal

    Casual, often trivial conversation about other people's private lives or affairs.

    ruСплетни

    • The office was full of tittle-tattle about the new manager.
    • She enjoys a bit of tittle-tattle with her neighbors over the fence.
    • I try to avoid the tittle-tattle that goes on in the break room.

    Synonymschatterchitchatgossiphearsayidle talkprattlerumorscuttlebuttsmall talk

Forms
  • tittle-tattles plural form
  • tittle-tattles' possessive plural form
  • tittle-tattle's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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verb

/ˈtɪt.əl ˌtæt.əl/C2formal
  • ruГлагол, означающий сплетничать или заниматься пустыми, праздными разговорами о других.

A verb meaning to gossip or engage in trivial, idle talk about others.

  1. Gossip or idle talkB2informal

    To speak about trivial or unimportant matters, often in a rapid and incessant manner.

    ruСплетничать

    • They spent the afternoon tittle-tattling about their neighbors.
    • Stop tittle-tattling and focus on your work.
    • She was tittle-tattling on the phone for hours.

    Synonymsblabchatterchitchatgabgossipjawnatterpalaverprattleyak

Forms
  • tittle-tattled past participle
  • tittle-tattled past simple
  • tittle-tattling present participle
  • tittle-tattles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.