tattles

present tense third-person singular of tattle
as in gossips
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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  • Mary McCarthy gossips more frankly about people Robert Lowell mentions.
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“Tattles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattles. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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