tattling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    prate; chatter; tattle; piffle; gabble; blab; gibber; clack; tittle-tattle; prattle; maunder; palaver; blabber; twaddle.
  2. verb divulge confidential information or secrets
    let the cat out of the bag; peach; babble; spill the beans; babble out; tattle; blab out; sing; blab; talk.
    • Be careful--his secretary talks
  3. adjective satellite prone to communicate confidential information
    talebearing; leaky; blabbermouthed.

WordNet


Tat"tling adjective
Definitions
  1. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- Tat"tling*ly, adv.

Webster 1913