Adjective: tattling ta-t(u-)ling
- Prone to communicate confidential information
"The tattling employee caused tension in the office";
- blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing
- Divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful—his secretary tattles";
- spill the beans [informal], let the cat out of the bag, talk, blab [informal], peach [informal], babble, sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
- Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
"The old man tittle-tattled on about the weather";
- chatter, piffle [informal], palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, prattle, blab [informal], gibber, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], vapor [US], rabbit [Brit, informal], jibber-jabber, witter [Brit, informal], twattle [UK, dialect], yatter [Brit, informal], yabber [informal]
See also: communicative, communicatory
Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, lay bare, let on, let out, mouth, reveal, speak, talk, uncover, unwrap, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize
Encyclopedia: Tattle