tattletale
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
- Offensive
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soplón
- The teacher praised the students who worked together, but she was disappointed by the little tattletale who reported them.
- a little tattletale
I'm going to go tell somebody like damn, what the kind of that that's a freaking red billed tattletale right there.
- I'm going to go tell somebody like damn, what the kind of that that's a freaking red billed tattletale right there.
Examples
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"I bet this little tattletale here told the barber." Luke now turned his gaze on his younger brother, Vance.
Fiction book (2001) -
No one likes a tattletale.
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You know she will, little tattletale.
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"You know what you get for being a tattletale?"
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm not trying to be a tattletale.
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Didn't your mommy ever teach you not to be a tattletale?
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Aren't you the cutest little tattletale in the world?
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Nobody likes a tattletale.
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You're a tattletale.
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Don't be a tattletale.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who secretly tells the police about someone else's bad actions
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7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
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8.1
A person who tells secrets about other people
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6.8
A person, often a child, who reports other people's secrets to an adult
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8.7
A person who secretly tells the police about other people's crimes
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9.9
A person who spreads gossip or secrets to hurt others
A person who tells other people's secrets and spreads rumors
Antonyms
- Informal
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3.7
Stay out of other people's private matters and focus on your own
Compounds
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Etymology
The word tattletale comes from tattle ('to tell secrets') and tale ('story'), so it gives the image of someone who tells stories about others to adults. That's why a tattletale is a person, often a child, who tells on others to a teacher or parent.