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tattler

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tat·tler  (ttlr)
n.
1. One who tattles.
2. Any of several shore birds related to and resembling the sandpipers, especially one of the genus Heteroscelus that is noted for its loud cry.
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Noun1.tattlertattler - 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


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On shipboard he would be a sneak, a whiner, a tattler.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He was a great gossip and tattler, and to produce a laugh would hardly have spared the reputation of his aged mother.
The American by James, Henry View in context
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