Meaning

1 senses

  1. (childish, colloquial)To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You're such a tattletale.

    Ти такий ябеда. — deniko

    ruТы такой болтун. — odexed

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  2. I'm not a tattletale.

    Я не ябеда. — deniko

    ruЯ не стукач. — odexed

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Origin

From tattle + tale.

From tattle + tale.

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Forms

tattletales, tattletaling, tattletaled, tattletaled
Base formtattletale · to tattletale
3rd person singulartattletales
Present participletattletaling
Past simpletattletaled
Past participletattletaled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytattletale
he, she, ittattletales

Past simpleLesson

all personstattletaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tattletaled
he, she, ithas tattletaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tattletale

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tatterB2tattletattooB2tauntB2
tattletale — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto