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Tattle (Verb)

Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly.

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

She began to tattle on and on about the latest gossip in town, barely letting her friend get a word in edgewise.
Her aunt was notorious for being able to tattle at length about nothing in particular, often wearing down her listeners.
The elderly woman would tattle loudly on her daily phone calls, often complaining about trivial issues.
My sister loves to tattle about all the unimportant details in her life, from what she ate for breakfast to what brand of socks she's wearing.
After meeting her new coworker, Rachel tend to tattle about every small occurrence in the office, leaving her colleagues numb.

Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

She was warned not to tattle about her sister's surprise birthday party.
His colleagues didn't trust him because he was known to tattle to their boss.
After what happened last week, I'm not going to tattle to mom about your broken toy.
Emily swore she wouldn't tattle on her friends after they all skipped school together.
As her best friend, I promised not to tattle on Sarah for staying out late.