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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
tattle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective prone to communicate confidential information
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Where do you think your son's friend got the idea tattling was an excellent way to solve his problems?
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Guilt for "tattling" and shame for liking someone when you know what they're doing is wrong.
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The strategy is based on 'tattling' as far as I can tell.
kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2002
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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
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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
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Instituted a new anonymous "tattling" mechanism for district employees to report corruption?
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