Noun: tattletale 'ta-t(u)l,teyl
Usage: US (elsewhere: telltale)
Usage: US (elsewhere: telltale)
- Someone who gossips indiscreetly
"The office tattletale spread rumors about the upcoming merger";
- tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth [informal], blabber [informal]
- [US, informal] Someone who reports another person's wrongdoings to someone in authority
"I told the teacher that I'm not a tattletale and didn't want to get involved";
- telltale [Brit, informal], grass [Brit, informal], snitch [informal], talebearer [archaic], rat [informal], squealer [informal]
Derived forms: tattletales
Type of: betrayer, blabber [informal], gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, informer, newsmonger, rat [informal], rumormonger [US], rumourmonger [Brit, Cdn], squealer
Encyclopedia: Tattletale