TATTLE Meaning of TATTLE in English ■ noun gossip; idle talk. ■ verb engage in ~. ↘ chiefly N. Amer. report another's wrongdoing.Derivatives~r noun OriginC15: from Mid. Flemish tatelen , tateren , of imitative origin. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004