Meaning
To chatter; to gossip.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
From Middle Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to babble, chatter”) (modern Dutch tatelen, tateren (“to talk, chatter”)), originally imitative. The word is cognate with Saterland Frisian tätelje (“to talk nonsense, babble”), Middle Low German tāteren, tadderen (“to babble, chatter”) (whence modern German Low German tatern (“to chatter”)), Low German tateln, täteln (“to cackle, gabble”). Compare also Middle English dadel, dadull (“tattling, gossip”), and its alteration twaddle.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
prattlerat outtelltale titinformantgossiperchatterclatfartgossgossipgossipry
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 7 recorded puzzles: