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Noun: tattletale  'ta-t(u)l,teyl
Usage: US (elsewhere: telltale)
  1. Someone who gossips indiscreetly
    - tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth [informal], blabber [informal]
     
  2. [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