talebearer
111tattler — n telltale, tattletale, talebearer, Brit. Sl. sneak; informer, Sl. squealer, Sl. fink, Sl. rat, Sl. rat fink, Sl. stool pigeon; blabber, blabbermouth, sieve, gossip, busybody, rumormonger, excessive talker; jabberer, chatterer, gabbler,… …
112telltale — n 1. tattler, talebearer, whisperer; gossip, gossipper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; loud mouth, Inf. blabbermouth, Sl. big mouth; Sl. yenta, tabby, cat; quidnunc, busybody, Paul Pry, snoop, meddler, Australian.… …
113turncoat — n 1. renegade, Archaic. renegado, deserter, apostate, defector, bolter, seceder; forsaker, dropout, quitter, Sl. cop out. 2. traitor, betrayer, Inf. double crosser, Inf. double dealer, Sl. two timer, Sl. cheat or cheater; Judas, Bru tus,… …
114taleteller — tale•tell•er [[t]ˈteɪlˌtɛl ər[/t]] n. 1) talebearer 2) a person who tells stories; narrator • Etymology: 1350–1400 tale′tell ing, adj. n …
115tattletale — tat•tle•tale [[t]ˈtæt lˌteɪl[/t]] n. 1) a talebearer or informer, esp. among children 2) telltale; revealing: tattletale crumbs[/ex] • Etymology: 1885–90 …
116gossip — [n1] talk about others; rumor account, babble, back fence talk*, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat*, chronicle, clothesline*, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry*, dirty linen*, dirty wash*, earful*, grapevine*, hearsay …
117tattletale — / tattler [n] person who gossips, tells rumors bigmouth*, blabberer, blabbermouth*, busybody, canary*, fat mouth*, fink*, gossip, informer, rat*, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snitch*, squealer*, stool pigeon*, talebearer, taleteller, telltale*,… …
118tattler — tattletale / tattler [n] person who gossips, tells rumors bigmouth*, blabberer, blabbermouth*, busybody, canary*, fat mouth*, fink*, gossip, informer, rat*, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snitch*, squealer*, stool pigeon*, talebearer, taleteller,… …
119a dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone — A gossip carries talk both ways. 1830 R. FORBY Vocabulary of East Anglia 429 ‘The dog that fetches will carry.’ i.e. A talebearer will tell tales of you, as well as to you. 1941 L. I. WILDER Little Town on Prairie XV. So Nellie twisted what you… …
120taleteller — [tāl′tel΄ər] n. 1. STORYTELLER 2. TALEBEARER …
