<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.</li><li>A person given to tattling or idle talk.</li><li>A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.</li><li>A short, obscure historical or biographical account.</li><li>Chiefly British Dialect: A godparent.</li><li>Archaic: A friend, especially a woman.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To talk idly, especially about the affairs of others; go about tattling.</li><li>Chiefly British Dialect: To stand godparent to.</li><li>Archaic: To repeat like a gossip.</li></ul>