verb
divulge confidential information or secrets
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Be careful—his secretary talks
• Syn:
↑spill the beans, ↑let the cat out of the bag, ↑talk, ↑tattle, ↑blab, ↑peach, ↑babble, ↑sing, ↑babble out
• Ant: ↑keep quiet (for: ↑talk)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑singing (for: ↑sing), ↑blabber (for: ↑blab), ↑tattle (for: ↑tattle), ↑tattler (for: ↑tattle), ↑talkative (for: ↑talk), ↑talk (for: ↑talk)
• Hypernyms:
↑unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑bring out, ↑reveal, ↑discover, ↑expose, ↑divulge, ↑break, ↑give away, ↑let out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something
(for: ↑babble out)Useful english dictionary. 2012.