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| Main Entry: |
tattle
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip; tell rumor |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, chat, chatter, give away, give the show away, gossip, have a big mouth, jabber, leak, noise, prate, prattle*, rumor, snitch, spill, spill the beans, spread rumor, squeal, talk, talk idly, tell on, tell tale, yak |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | babble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk trivially, often incessantly |
| Synonyms: | blab, blubber, blurt, burble, cackle, chat, chatter, gibber, go on, gossip, gush, jabber, mumble, murmur, mutter, patter, prate, prattle, rant, rave, run off at the mouth, run on, spill the beans, squeal, talk foolishly, talk incoherently, talk nonsensically, tattle, trivialize, yak, yakkety yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge, expose information |
| Synonyms: | blurt out, dime, disclose, evince, fink on, give away, inform, lay bare, let slip, make known, manifest, rat on, reveal, show, sing*, snitch, spill, squeal, stool, tattle, tell, tell on, turn in, uncover, unmask |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, hide, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betrayal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divulgence of information |
| Synonyms: | blurting out, diming, disclosure, giving away, ratting, revelation, snitching, spilling, squealing, tattling, telling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, secret |
| Main Entry: | blab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, betray, blather, blurt out, chatter, disclose, divulge, gab, gabble, give away, go on, jabber, let out, let slip, mouth, peach, prattle, reveal, run off at the mouth, run on, shoot the breeze, spill the beans, spill*, squeal, talk through one's hat, tattle, tell, tell on, yak, yakkety-yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, shut up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | call, chatter, inform, natter, rumor, tattle |
| Main Entry: | chatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak fast and non-stop |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab, blather, cackle, chat, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gas*, gibber, go on and on, gossip, jabber, jaw, natter, palaver, prate, prattle*, tattle, twaddle, twiddle, yak |
| Antonyms: | drawl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; confess |
| Synonyms: | admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle, broadcast, communicate, cough up, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, fess up, give away, go public, gossip, impart, leak, let hair down, let slip, mouth, open up, own up, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans, spring, tattle, tell, tip off, uncover |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about others; spread rumors |
| Synonyms: | babble, bad-mouth, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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