Crossword clues for tattletale
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tattletale
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ She scolded another student for being a tattletale.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
tattletale
a. telltale, giveaway n. 1 One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often by a child seeking attention. 2 One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
WordNet
tattletale
n. someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth]
Wikipedia
Tattletale
A tattletale is someone who reports others' wrongdoings. Tattletale or variant, may also refer to:
- Tattletales, an American game show
- Tattle Tale, an American folk punk rock group
- The Tattle-Tales, a power pop music group
- Tattletale, an alias of the Marvel comics character Franklin Richards
Usage examples of "tattletale".
There was no reason for Cedric to speak of me to Jacques, even if it were the done thing for a trombonist to play tattletale to the concertmaster, which I assure you Jacques-Marie Houdon would not permit.
She's right, it's one of the tattletales - losing twenty pounds just like that is like when the miners' canary drops dead in his cage.