tattletale

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Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

1. telltale; giveaway

Translations

• German: verräterisch
• Portuguese: cabueta

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales)

1. One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.

   Synonyms: tattler, whistle-blower, narc, snitch, Thesaurus:informant

2. One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.

   Synonyms: gossip, rumourmonger, Thesaurus:gossiper

Translations

• French: cafteur, cafteuse
• German: Petze, Verpetzer, Verpfeifer, Anschwärzer
• Russian: я́беда
• Spanish: acusica, cuentero, soplón, hocicón, correveidile

Translations

• French: commère
• German: Klatschbase, Quasselstrippe, Quatschtüte, Schwätzer / Schwätzerin, Tratschtante
• Italian: pettegolo, pettegola
• Russian: спле́тник
• Spanish: chismoso, hocicón, gacetilla

Verb

tattletale (tattletales, present participle tattletaling; past and past participle tattletaled)

1. (ambitransitive) To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.

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