Tattled vs Tattle - What's the difference?
tattled | tattle |
(tattle)
(pejorative) To report others' wrongdoings or violations; to tell on somebody; to gossip or to disclose incriminating information.
To chatter.
* 1599 ,
* Dryden
A tattletale.
Gossip; idle talk.
(pejorative) To report others' wrongdoings or violations; to tell on somebody; to gossip or to disclose incriminating information.
To chatter.
* 1599 ,
* Dryden
A tattletale.
Gossip; idle talk.
As verbs the difference between tattled and tattle
is that tattled is (tattle) while tattle is (pejorative) to report others' wrongdoings or violations; to tell on somebody; to gossip or to disclose incriminating information.As a noun tattle is
a tattletale.tattled
English
Verb
(head)tattle
English
Verb
- BEATRICE. He were an excellent man that were made just in the mid-way between him and Benedick: the one is too like an image, and says nothing; and the other too like my lady's eldest son, evermore tattling .
- the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative
Synonyms
* blow the whistle, rat on, sing, snitch, squeal * gossip; see alsoNoun
(-)tattle
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Verb
- BEATRICE. He were an excellent man that were made just in the mid-way between him and Benedick: the one is too like an image, and says nothing; and the other too like my lady's eldest son, evermore tattling .
- the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative