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tattle
/ˈtæt(ə)l/
noun
A tattletale.
Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.
Idle talk; gossip; an instance of such talk or gossip.
Synonymstelltale tit
verb
To chatter; to gossip.
Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody.
To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.
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