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tattle

/ˈtæt.əl/

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noun

/ˈtæt.əl/B1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее действие по разглашению информации или предоставлению сведений о другом человеке, часто в мелочной или сплетнической манере.

A noun referring to the act of disclosing information or giving evidence about another person, often in a petty or gossipy manner.

uncountable

  1. Gossip or idle talkB2informal

    The act of revealing secrets or private information about someone, often in a petty or malicious way.

    ruСплетни

    • She was tired of all the tattle in the office.
    • His constant tattle about his coworkers made him unpopular.
    • The children were warned not to engage in tattle.

    Synonymschattergossiphearsayidle talkprattlerumorscuttlebutttittle-tattle

  2. Informing on someoneB2informal

    The act of disclosing information or giving evidence about another person, especially to an authority.

    ruДонос

    • The tattle from the witness helped solve the case.
    • He was known for his tattle to the teacher.
    • The tattle about the cheating was eventually revealed.

    Synonymsbetrayalinformingrattingsquealingtelling

Forms
  • tattles plural form
  • tattles' possessive plural form
  • tattle's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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verb

/ˈtæt.əl/B2formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для обозначения действия по раскрытию секретов или сообщению о чьих-либо проступках, часто в мелочной или ребяческой манере.

A verb used to indicate the act of revealing secrets or reporting someone's wrongdoing, often in a petty or childish manner.

  1. Chatter idlyB2informal

    To talk rapidly and incessantly about trivial or unimportant matters.

    ruБолтать

    • The children tattled away about their day at school.
    • She tattled on the phone for hours about nothing important.
    • They sat in the corner, tattling about the latest gossip.

    Synonymsbabbleblatherchattergabblejabberprateprattle

  2. Reveal secretsB2informal

    To divulge confidential information or secrets, often to an authority figure.

    ruЯбедничать

    • He tattled on his brother for breaking the vase.
    • She tattled to the teacher about the cheating.
    • Don't tattle on me, or I'll never trust you again.

    Synonymsbetrayblabdivulgeinformleakratsnitchspillsquealtell

    Antonymsconcealharborkeep

Forms
  • tattled past participle
  • tattled past simple
  • tattling present participle
  • tattles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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