tattletale
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tat·tle·tale
(tăt′l-tāl′)n.
One who tattles on others; an informer or talebearer.
adj.
Revealing; telltale.
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tattletale
(ˈtætəlˌteɪl)n
1. a scandalmonger or gossip
2. another word for telltale1
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tat•tle•tale
(ˈtæt lˌteɪl)n.
1. a talebearer or informer, esp. among children.
adj. 2. telltale; revealing: tattletale crumbs.
[1885–90]
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| Noun | 1. |  tattletale - someone who gossips indiscreetly gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
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tattletale
noun1. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:
blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, telltale, whisperer.
Slang: yenta.
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tattletale
[ˈtætlteɪl] N (US) (= person) → soplón/ona m/f, acusica mf (Sp) ; (= talk) → cotilleo m, chismes mpl y cuentos mplCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005