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TATTLETALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tattletale mean?
• TATTLETALE (noun)
The noun TATTLETALE has 1 sense:
1. someone who gossips indiscreetly
Familiarity information: TATTLETALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who gossips indiscreetly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blabbermouth; talebearer; taleteller; tattler; tattletale; telltale
Hypernyms ("tattletale" is a kind of...):
gossip; gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger (a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others)
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