English-Thai Dictionary

tattle

N การนินทา  การ ซุบซิบนินทา  kan-nin-ta

 

tattle

N คนที่ นินทา  kon-ti-nin-ta

 

tattle

VI ซุบซิบนินทา  นินทา  chatter piffle sub-sib-nin-ta

 

tattle

VI พูด ไร้สาระ  พูด เรื่องไม่เป็นเรื่อง  phud-rai-sa-ra

 

tattle

VT เปิดเผยความลับ  เปิดเผย ข่าว  poed-poi-kwam-lab

 

tattler

N ผู้ เปิดเผย ข่าว หรือ ความลับ  busybody muckraker snoop phud-poed-poi-kao-rue-kwam-lab

 

tattletale

N ผู้ เปิดเผยความลับ  คนที่ เปิดเผยความลับ หรือ การกระทำ ที่ ไม่ดี ของ ผู้อื่น  informer talebearer busybody troblemaker phud-poed-poi-kwam-lab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TATTLE

v.i. 1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little meaning.
Excuse it by the tattling quality of age, which is always narrative.
2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; as a tattling girl.

 

TATTLE

n.Prate, idle talk or chat; trifling talk. They told the tattle of the day.

 

TATTLER

n.One who tattles; an idle talker; one that tells tales.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TATTLE

Tat "tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tattled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tattling. ]Etym: [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. The tattling quality of age, which is always narrative. Dryden.

 

2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer; as, a tattling girl.

 

TATTLE

TATTLE Tat "tle, n.

 

Defn: Idle talk or chat; trifling talk; prate. [They ] told the tattle of the day. Swift.

 

TATTLER

TATTLER Tat "tler, n.

 

1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus.

 

Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale (T. melanoleucus ), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes ), the solitary tattler (T. solitarius ), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler, yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.

 

TATTLERY

TATTLERY Tat "tler *y, n.

 

Defn: Idle talk or chat; tittle-tattle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tattle

tat tle |ˈtatl ˈtædl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] report another's wrongdoing: he never tattled or told tales | I would tattle on her whenever I had hard evidence. • gossip idly. ▶noun gossip; idle talk. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘falter, stammer, ’ also ‘make meaningless sounds, ’ referring to a small child ): from Middle Flemish tatelen, tateren, of imitative origin.

 

tattler

tat tler |ˈtatl-ər, ˈtatlər ˈtædlər | ▶noun 1 a person who tattles. 2 a migratory sandpiper with mainly gray plumage, breeding in northwestern Canada or eastern Siberia. [Genus Heteroscelus, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the wandering tattler (H. incanus ) of Canada, noted for its loud cry. ]

 

tattletale

tat tle tale |ˈtatlˌtāl ˈtædlˌteɪl | ▶noun a person, esp. a child, who reveals secrets or informs on others; a telltale.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tattle

tat ¦tle |ˈtat (ə )l | ▶noun [ mass noun ] gossip; idle talk. ▶verb [ no obj. ] gossip idly. • chiefly N. Amer. report another's wrongdoing; tell tales. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘falter, stammer ’, also ‘make meaningless sounds ’, referring to a small child ): from Middle Flemish tatelen, tateren, of imitative origin.

 

tattler

tat |tler |ˈtatlə | ▶noun 1 a person who engages in gossip or who tells tales. 2 a migratory sandpiper with mainly grey plumage, breeding in NW Canada or eastern Siberia. ●Genus Heteroscelus, family Scolopacidae: two species, in particular the wandering tattler (H. incanus ) of Canada.

 

tattletale

tattletale |ˈtatlteɪl |US ▶noun a person, especially a child, who reveals secrets or informs on others; a telltale. ▶verb [ no obj. ] reveal someone's secrets; tell tales.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tattle

tattle verb 1 we were tattling about him: gossip, chatter, chat, prattle, babble, jabber, gabble, rattle on; informal chinwag, jaw, yak, gab, natter, tittle-tattle, chitchat. 2 I would tattle on her if I had evidence: inform; report, talk, tell all, spill the beans; informal squeal, sing, let the cat out of the bag. ▶noun tabloid tattle: gossip, rumor, tittle-tattle, hearsay, scandal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tattle

tattle verb 1 they were tattling about him over their teacups: gossip, tittle-tattle, chatter, chat, chit-chat, prattle, prate, babble, blabber, jabber, gabble, rattle on, spread rumours, spread gossip, circulate rumours, spread stories; informal chinwag, jaw, yak, gab; Brit. informal natter, rabbit on, witter on; N. Amer. informal run off at the mouth. 2 I would tattle on her if I had any hard evidence: inform, report, talk, tell all, spill the beans; accuse; informal squeal, sing, let the cat out of the bag. ▶noun that's a load of tabloid tattle: gossip, rumour, tittle-tattle, hearsay, prattle, scandal, small talk, chit-chat.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tattle

tat tle /tǽt (ə )l /｟やや古 ｠動詞 自動詞 «…について » うわさ話をする ; 〈子供が 〉告げ口する «on » .他動詞 …をぺちゃくちゃしゃべる ; 〈秘密 〉をしゃべる .名詞 U むだ口, おしゃべり, うわさ話 ; 告げ口 .t á t tler 名詞 C 1 おしゃべりの人 ; 告げ口する人 .2 〘鳥 〙キアシシギ .

 

tattletale

t á ttle t à le 名詞 C おしゃべり屋 ; 密告者 ; 告げ口屋 .