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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. prone to communicate confidential information;
[syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tattling \Tat"tling\, a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- Tat"tling*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.] 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning; to chat. [1913 Webster] The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tattling adj 1: prone to communicate confidential information [syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)]