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tattletale

/ˈtætəlˌteɪl/

tattletale adjective: telltale; giveaway.

Adjective

tattletale (not comparable)

  1. telltale; giveaway

Noun

tattletale (plural tattletales)

  1. (childish, colloquial) One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
  2. (childish, colloquial) One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.

Verb

tattletale (third-person singular simple present tattletales, present participle tattletaling, simple past and past participle tattletaled)

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

tattletale meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Indonesian and Persian

tattletale in Tamil

பெற்றோரிடம், ஆசிரியரிடம், சிறுமி, சிறுமிமற்றும் நபர், மற்றவர்களைப்பற்றியே பேசிக்கொன்டிருப்பவன், கோள் சொல்பவன்

tattletale in Urdu

غماز

tattletale in Indonesian

one who tattles
cepu

tattletale in Persian

one who tattles
چغل čoġol

Synonyms of tattletale

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Forms of tattletale

Noun
pluraltattletales
Verb
third-person singular presenttattletales
present participletattletaling
past participletattletaled
pasttattletaled

Origin of tattletale

From tattle + tale.

Questions about tattletale

What does tattletale mean?
Tattletale means telltale; giveaway.
What is tattletale in Tamil?
Tattletale in Tamil is பெற்றோரிடம், ஆசிரியரிடம், சிறுமி. See Tattletale meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tattletale?
Tattletale can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce tattletale?
Tattletale is pronounced /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/ (US).

Words near tattletale in the dictionary

  1. tattler
  2. tattlers
  3. tattlery
  4. tattles
  5. tattlesome
  6. tattletale
  7. tattletaled
  8. tattletales
  9. tattletaling
  10. tattleware
  11. tattling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tattletale (page history and authors); tattletale (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tattletale (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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