tittle-tattle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tittle-tattle
Verb
  • In other words, to blather on about how unremarkable iPhone 16 is compared to the one immediately preceding it completely misses the forest for the trees.
    Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • The camera then zooms out of the hospital window, showing the family happily chattering as snow falls.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Louis Vuitton has launched the LV Biker MM, a new signature bag masterminded by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, and the chattering fashion classes are already angling to invest.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • One of the most impressive aspects is a mix of its seasonal and weather systems, with spring buds, fall colors and blanketing snow, mixed with high winds and rainstorms pattering drops on my DualSense controller.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room.
    Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, some are just weird, like the Grampy Turnips, little old vegetable men planted in the soil who prattle on with unsolicited advice that’s occasionally useful and mostly waffle about.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • While some critics prattle on in the comments with doubts, D'Amelio has stayed present throughout rehearsals and leaned on her costars — many of whom are also new to Broadway — to keep her concentration.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Ahead of the audiobook’s May 7 release, and a promotional tour that Wilson admitted is poised to put their love of chat to the ultimate test, the authors spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about all things gab.
    Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Trump’s tendency to gab meant that minimizing his time on the witness stand was a no-brainer.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • The coverage was no doubt upsetting in part at least because articles came thick and fast at a time when Meghan was also being trolled on social media.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Besides being used to troll Drake on national stages from Super Bowl LIX to the 2025 Oscars, the chart-topping track earned the Compton rapper multiple Grammy awards including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Another version is dotted with oily little pepperoni cups and smattered with hot honey: simple and satisfying.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Lee is also now taking a smattering reps at first base as expected entering the spring.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 17 Mar. 2023
Verb
  • But one of the show’s most viral clips is much more representative: The veteran SNL writer Jim Downey pretends to have never heard about Jeffrey Epstein’s misdeeds, to O’Brien’s bleating objections.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Bao Li, a playful boy who bleats in excitement, climbed dangerously high up a tree.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Tittle-tattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tittle-tattle. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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