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tell·tale  (tltl)

n.

1. One who informs on another; a talebearer.

2. Something that indicates or reveals information; a sign.

3. Any of various devices that indicate or register information, especially:

a. A time clock.

b. Nautical One of the brightly colored lengths of yarn or ribbon attached to the shrouds, stays, or sails of a sailboat, serving to indicate wind direction relative to the boat's motion.

c. A row of strips hung above a railroad track to warn a passing train of low clearance ahead.

4. Sports A resonant metal strip, 24 or 30 inches (61 or 76 centimeters) high, across the bottom of the front wall of a racquets or squash court above which the ball must be hit.

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telltale

Noun

a person who tells tales about others

Adjective

giving away information: examining the hands for telltale signs of age

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	telltale - someone who gossips indiscreetly     blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Adj.	1.	telltale - disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" revealing, telling informatory, informative - providing or conveying information

Translations

telltale [ˈtɛlteɪl] adj [sign] → indicador(a)

telltale [ˈtɛlteɪl] n → rapporteur/euse

adj [sign] → éloquent(e) → révélateur/trice

telltale [ˈtɛlteɪl] tell adj → verräterisch

n (pej) → Petzer m, Petze f

telltale [ˈtɛlteɪl] adj [sign] → rivelatore/trice

n → malalingua, pettegolo/a