tittle-tattled

verb

past tense of tittle-tattle
as in ran on

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattled
  1. ran on
  2. trolled
  3. pattered
  4. sputtered
  5. chatted
  6. chattered
  7. rattled
  8. bleated
Verb
  • Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The 2022 World Cup, the clearest expression of the strategy, ran on migrant labor whose reforms the International Labour Organization called real and whose enforcement Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said lagged.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of ran on
Verb
  • The comedian and actress trolled the happy couple with several Instagram posts, including a spoof outfit for Thursday night’s rehearsal dinner and a still from her TV series Life & Beth.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
  • This is not the first time Newsom’s press office has trolled a politician.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 28 May 2026
Definition of trolled
Verb
  • Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
  • 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
Definition of pattered
Verb
  • The redshirt junior signal caller sputtered to start the first half of 2025, but by November, Manning was one of the best quarterbacks in the country and should carry that over into this year.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
  • Last season was a different situation, as the eventual champion Las Vegas Aces sputtered for the first two-thirds of the regular season before ending it on a 16-game winning streak.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • Holland can be heard saying in the video, while the Euphoria star, whose full name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, chatted with a reporter.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • Around the family, people shared takeout dinners, swung on hammocks and chattered.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of chattered
Verb
  • Bandito almost rolled up Kyle Fletcher for an early win, and this rattled Fletcher—who suffered his first pinfall of the year against Bandito earlier this year.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Trump has been pressing allies to spend more on defense and join the conflict in Iran while at the same time threatening to seize by force Greenland from NATO-member Denmark, a move that rattled Europeans and the alliance.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of bleated
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

tittle-tattle
tittle-tattled
tittle-tattles
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Tittle-tattled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattled. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

Your vs. You're: How to Use Them Correctly
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Dutch Treat and French Leave: Eight Place-Based Compounds

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Longest Long Words List

The Words of the Week - Jul. 31

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)
See More

Popular

See More

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Dutch Treat and French Leave: Eight Place-Based Compounds

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
asap street sign
Figure Out These Acronyms ASAP You don't have to be a NASA engineer to get these...
See All