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  • 21tittle-tattle — [[t]tɪ̱t(ə)l tæt(ə)l[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you refer to something that a group of people talk about as tittle tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true.… …

    English dictionary

  • 22tittle-tattle — noun Etymology: reduplication of 1tattle Date: circa 1529 gossip, prattle • tittle tattle intransitive verb …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23tittle-tattle — informal talk about other people s lives that is usually unkind or not true. They know that tittle tattle about the royal family helps to sell newspapers …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 24tittle-tattle — tit′tle tat tle n. v. tled, tling 1) cvb gossip; chatter 2) to gossip; chatter • Etymology: 1520–30; gradational compound based on tittle to whisper, gossip tit′tle tat tler, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25tittle-tattler — tittˈle tattˈler noun • • • Main Entry: ↑tittle …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26tittle-tattling — tittˈle tattˈling noun • • • Main Entry: ↑tittle …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27tittle — noun Etymology: Middle English titel, from Medieval Latin titulus, from Latin, title Date: 14th century 1. a point or small sign used as a diacritical mark in writing or printing 2. a very small part …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28Tittle —    A point, (Matt. 5:18; Luke 16:17), the minute point or stroke added to some letters of the Hebrew alphabet to distinguish them from others which they resemble; hence, the very least point …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 29tittle — Synonyms and related words: ace, atom, birthmark, bit, blaze, blemish, blotch, brand, caste mark, check, checkmark, cicatrix, crumb, cut, dab, dapple, diacritical mark, discoloration, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 30tittle — A small mark used in Hebrew script to distinguish letters otherwise similar (Matt. 5:18, AV; ‘dot’, REB; ‘little stroke’, NJB); so comes to signify a minute point of legalism …

    Dictionary of the Bible