1. (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

2. (n.) A friend or comrade; a companion; a familiar and customary acquaintance.

3. (n.) One who runs house to house, tattling and telling news; an idle tattler.

4. (n.) The tattle of a gossip; groundless rumor.

5. (v. t.) To stand sponsor to.

6. (v. i.) To make merry.

7. (v. i.) To prate; to chat; to talk much.

8. (v. i.) To run about and tattle; to tell idle tales.