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tat·tle

tattle

 
 
pronunciation:
tae tl
part of speech: verb
inflections: tattles, tattling, tattled
definition: When you tattle, you tell something bad that you know about someone to another person like a parent or a teacher.
Joe took the baby's toy and made the baby cry. Then Joe's sister tattled to his mother.
similar words:
gossip, sing, talk, tell
derivation: tattlingly (adv.)