as in gossiped
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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This is often easier said than done – no one wants to be gossiped about.
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The column gossiped about which journalists and pundits did not pass the new purity test.
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Among the directors, the class captures several of the year’s most talked-about filmmakers.
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But his cousin was a police reserve officer and talked him into joining in 1984.
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“Tattled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattled. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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