tattletale

tattletale
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. gossip, blabbermouth; informer, snitch. See loquacity, disclosure.
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(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. gossipy, garrulous, revealing; see talkative .
n.
Syn. informer, talebearer, tattler, busybody, troublemaker, blabbermouth, snitch*, fink*, squealer*, stool pigeon*, stoolie*, rat*, ratfink*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
informer, *squealer, *snitch, *rat, tattler, telltale, blabbermouth, *stool pigeon.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others: blab, gossip, gossiper, gossip-monger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattler, telltale, whisperer. Slang: yenta. See WORDS. 2. One who gives incriminating information about others: informant, informer, tattler. Informal: rat, tipster. Slang: fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon. See KNOWLEDGE, LAW.

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  • tattletale — ☆ tattletale [tat′ l tāl΄ ] n. an informer or talebearer: now chiefly a child s term …   English World dictionary

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