tat·tler

(tăt′lər)

1. One who tattles.

2. Either of two shorebirds of the genus Tringa found in Asia, Australia, and western North America, especially T. incana, noted for its loud cry.

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tattler

(ˈtætlə)

1. a person who tattles; gossip

2. (Animals) any of several sandpipers of the genus Heteroscelus, such as H. incanus (Polynesian tattler), of Pacific coastal regions

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tat•tler

(ˈtæt lər)

n.

1. a person who tattles; telltale.

2. either of two shorebirds of the genus Heteroscelus, having a loud, whistling cry.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	tattler - someone who gossips indiscreetly blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
	2.	tattler - any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Heteroscelus incanus, Polynesian tattler - tattler of Pacific coastal regions Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, willet - large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

tattler

noun

1. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:

blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattletale, telltale, whisperer.

Slang: yenta.

2. One who gives incriminating information about others:

informant, informer, tattletale.

Informal: rat, tipster.

Slang: fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon.

Translations

acusica

tattler

[ˈtætləʳ] N (= chatterbox) → charlatán/ana m/f; (= gossip) → chismoso/a m/f

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tattler

n → Klatschmaul nt (pej sl), → Klatschbase f (inf)

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On shipboard he would be a sneak, a whiner, a tattler. He, Martin Eden, was a better man than that fellow.

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Come," he added, laying his hand too familiarly on the shoulder of his captive to urge her onward; "a Huron is no tattler; we will go."

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Moreover, as will be seen in the course of my story, the pedlar was inquisitive, and something of a tattler, always itching to hear the news and anxious to tell it again.

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He was a great gossip and tattler, and to produce a laugh would hardly have spared the reputation of his aged mother.

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He meant to go away before that, so don't think his heart is broken, or mind what silly tattlers say.

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Office tattler: When they finally catch you and let you go, nobody will care.

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The reason for the impersonation was simple: Ferguson, at the core of a secret deal that was worth multi-million dollars, had been on daily watch by tattler newshounds who wanted exclusive stories on his life.

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