tittle-tattle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattle
Verb
  • Yet in the president’s social media blathering last week came something shocking: an admission that deportations don’t really work.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
  • As Wharton continues to blather at June, Luke, Rita and a bunch of others move from the back of the crowd to the front.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Verb
  • Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.
    Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 1 July 2004
Verb
  • While some kids seem to chatter nonstop before age 2, others may take a little longer to find their words.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Who would have thought that in the moments of tension, teeth-chattering anxiety, Tim Skipper would be the one from the Skipper family whose name would be shouted in praise at the Rose Bowl.
    Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But rather than keep his discover quiet, the OP—much to everyone else's disappointment—blabbered.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The rain was pattering on the windowpanes all night.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Verb
  • The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
  • One half of a pair of young twins prattles on incessantly about some sci-fi arcana while the boy’s bored-looking mother and his quieter brother tune him out.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Sisters flit in and out of the house while others gab about the new semester, sipping on iced coffees that are quickly gathering condensation.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Without meddling, the BTV cast would probably just split into PPG and non-PPG — or by gender — and gab for even longer on how asparagus makes your pee smell weird.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Each guest was invited to hurl a brick through the windows — a dandy way of trolling the libs.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Just before their big win, the Warriors on NBCS trolled the 21-time All-Star by posting a photo with a bold caption aimed his way.
    Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Tittle-tattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattle. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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