1 chiefly US : to tell secrets about what someone else has done : blab. 2 : chatter, prate. transitive verb. : to utter or disclose in gossip or chatter.

What prate means?

intransitive verb. : to talk long and idly : chatter.

Is tattle informal?

2. tell tales, report, inform, squeal (informal), spill the beans He encourages people to tattle on one another. 1. gossip, hearsay, tittle-tattle, idle talk This was not just idle newspaper tattle.