Idle cats get local tongues wagging (8)

I believe the answer is:

dialects

'local tongues wagging' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'idle cats' is the wordplay.
'idle cats' can be anagrammed to 'DIALECTS'.
However, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

'get' is the link.

(Another definition for dialects that I've seen is " Accents and idioms".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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