| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Incessant and usually inconsequential talk: babble, blabber, chat, chatter, chitchat, jabber, palaver, prate, prattle, small talk. Slang : gab, gas, yak. See WORDS. 2. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whisperer. Slang : yenta. See WORDS. | | VERB: | 1. To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Informal : spill. Archaic : discover. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See SHOW. 2. To engage in or spread gossip: gossip, noise, rumor, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See WORDS.
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