tittle-tattled

verb

past tense of tittle-tattle
as in ran on

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  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
  • After his victory, Moskowitz trolled the online influencer Hasan Piker, who was a high-profile booster of Larkin’s campaign.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • That’s the message from NOAA Fisheries after many tuna fishermen reportedly trolled their gear too close to massive humpback whales.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 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
  • Wankel turned a valve, and billion-year-old brine sputtered out of one of the pipes.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Oil prices fell Monday even as diplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz sputtered.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of sputtered
Verb
  • Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones chatted about the special occasion.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Withers rocked a black tank top and chatted closely with his friend and honor presenter Shipka, while McRae and Sombr held court in individual booths on the Four Seasons lawn peppered with activations from Eternal Water and CashApp.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Aug. 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
  • The quake, at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) off the coast of Flores, rattled much of the island and sent residents fleeing in panic.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Our passing usually rattled grasshoppers into careening flight.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • The old man bleated out a laugh.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Definition of bleated
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