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Talebearing

Talebearing \Tale"bear`ing\, a. Telling tales officiously.

Talebearing

Talebearing \Tale"bear`ing\, n. The act of informing officiously; communication of sectrts, scandal, etc., maliciously.

Wiktionary
talebearing

n. Spreading gossip or rumor.

WordNet
talebearing

adj. prone to communicate confidential information [syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)]

Usage examples of "talebearing".

At first he was shocked by the talebearing, for men would come and confess their confessions and smile and be patted on the back.

He had a score to settle with Josiah Wilby, a boy whose talebearing had procured him his last, well-earned whacking.