tat·tle·tale

tat·tle·tale
/ˈtætl̩ˌteıl/ noun, pl -tales [count]
chiefly US informal + disapproving : a child who tells a parent, teacher, etc., about something bad or wrong that another child has done : a child who tattles on another child

No one likes a tattletale. [=(Brit) telltale]


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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