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tattling

verb

Meaning

  1. To chatter; to gossip.
  2. Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody.
  3. To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.
  4. The speech of one who tattles.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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