Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tattle

Tattle , intransitive verb

[Akin to Old English tateren, LG. tateln, Dutch tateren to stammer, and perhaps to English titter.]

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.

Tattle , noun

Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate.
[They] told the tattle of the day. — Swift