as in rumor
information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
she claims to have picked up some juicy tattle about the celebrity couple
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as in to gossip
to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature
those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences
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Recent Examples of tattle
Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
Today’s blowhard bloggers and their tattle texts?
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2021
Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
This creates a situation where neighbors are tattling on their neighbor’s home and the city would investigate.
—Pierluigi Oliverio, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Mindy Kaling has a tiny tattle tale on her hands!
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2022
Today’s blowhard bloggers and their tattle texts?
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2021
Verb
This isn’t the only tale that will be tattled to Kerry.
—Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
This creates a situation where neighbors are tattling on their neighbor’s home and the city would investigate.
—Pierluigi Oliverio, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tattle
Noun
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This report corroborates a previous rumor that the battery will have a lower capacity than most iPhones of recent years.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Depending on how the 2025-26 NBA season goes, these rumors could pick up steam or die off.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Combine that with a black eye that Bobby gets during a baseball game and, soon, all of Arlen is gossiping that Hank is abusing his son.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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Our after should include shaking a**, gossiping with friends, drinking cocktails, lip-syncing to a favorite song—staring into the strobe lights, feeling alive, fully bodied, transcendent.—
Marcos Gonsalez,
Time,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Mozeliak has started to gauge the interest of a handful of contending teams, though the talks are described as preliminary.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul yield little progress Russia and Ukraine held brief peace talks, but the warring countries remain far apart with little progress made.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Among those reports, according to the FTC, Customs and Board Protection imposters ranked as the fourth most common with 3,466 reports in the first four months of 2025.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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The comments from Van Orden, a swing district Republican, came after Trump this week accused Obama of treason following a report from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that attempted to undercut a years-old, bipartisan assessment that Russia wanted Trump to win the 2016 election.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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“Tattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattle. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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