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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 tat·tle /ˈtætḷ/
 無聊話,閒話,饒舌(vi.)閒談,談論,泄露祕密(vt.)泄露

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tat·tle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tattled p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling ]
 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat.
    The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative.   --Dryden.
 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tat·tle, n. Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
    [They] told the tattle of the day.   --Swift.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tattle
      n : disclosing information or giving evidence about another
          [syn: singing, telling]
      v 1: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
           [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle,
            twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber,
            blabber, gabble]
      2: divulge confidential information or secrets;  "Be
         careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let
         the cat out of the bag, talk, blab, peach, babble,
          sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]