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tat·tle·tale

tattletale

 
pronunciation:
tae tl teIl
part of speech: noun
definition: If your little sister tells your mother something bad that you did, you might call your sister a tattletale. A tattletale is a person who tells a person of authority what another person did in order to get them in trouble or make themselves look good.
David called his sister a tattletale because she told their dad that he broke the neighbor's window.