Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales; tale-bearing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales.

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  • verb Present participle of tattle.

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  • adjective prone to communicate confidential information

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Examples

  • Today on the playground one of my friends runs over to one of the other teachers crying (yes he didnt run over to me because I would have told him its no tattling Tuesday and to move on-no I am not mean but the tattling is overwhelming) Anyways he told her that Gigi wont stop digging to China - he was visibly upset by this and is scared.

    We are digging to China! Beth McC. 2009

  • Today on the playground one of my friends runs over to one of the other teachers crying (yes he didnt run over to me because I would have told him its no tattling Tuesday and to move on-no I am not mean but the tattling is overwhelming) Anyways he told her that Gigi wont stop digging to China - he was visibly upset by this and is scared.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Beth McC. 2009

  • All contestants will be apprised that “informing,” otherwise known as tattling, will not elicit parental disciplinary action against the “tattlee.”

    You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

  • All contestants will be apprised that “informing,” otherwise known as tattling, will not elicit parental disciplinary action against the “tattlee.”

    You’re a Better Parent Than You Think! Raymond N. Guarendi 1985

  • Where do you think your son's friend got the idea tattling was an excellent way to solve his problems?

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • Guilt for "tattling" and shame for liking someone when you know what they're doing is wrong.

    Net Effect: No More Sexual Abuse 2007

  • The strategy is based on 'tattling' as far as I can tell.

    kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2002

  • Students need to know that "tattling" is OK - in fact, that it's right - said Wenda Alvarez of the San Diego Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

    Fore, right! < 2010

  • Unlike parental consent laws, a parent does not need to give permission for the teenager to have the abortion, making the notification process more of a "tattling" procedure coupled with a waiting period. wrote recently about the use of parental consent laws as simply a way to force teenage girls into unwanted motherhood via complicated consent tasks and What does it mean when a group is systematically denied the right to marry?

    RHRealityCheck.org Robin Marty 2010

  • Instituted a new anonymous "tattling" mechanism for district employees to report corruption?

    detnews.com - Nation-World 2009

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