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tittle-tattleBrE /ˈtɪtl tætl/NAmE /ˈtɪtl tætl/ noun [U] (informal, disapproving) unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives 闲聊;蜚短流长;张家长李家短 SYN gossip Reduplicative words airy-fairy, argy-bargy, chit-chat, criss-cross, dilly-dally, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hocus-pocus, hoity-toity, hotchpotch, hurly-burly, itty-bitty, mumbo jumbo, mishmash, nitty-gritty, ping-pong, pitter-patter, shilly-shally, teeny-weeny, tittle-tattle, touchy-feely, wishy-washy |