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Adjective: tattling  ta-t(u-)ling
  1. Prone to communicate confidential information
    - blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing
Verb: tattle  ta-t(u)l
  1. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
    - chatter, piffle, palaver [informal], prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle [informal], clack [informal], maunder, prattle, blab [informal], gibber, blabber [informal], gabble, vapour [Brit, Cdn], rabbit [Brit, informal], vapor [US], twattle [UK, dialect], witter [Brit, informal], yabber [Brit, informal], yatter [Brit, informal]
     
  2. Divulge confidential information or secrets
    "Be careful--his secretary tattles";
    - spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, blab [informal], peach [informal], babble, sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away

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