'Tattling' definitions:
Definition of 'tattling'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Prone to communicate confidential information [syn: blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing(a), tattling(a)]
Definition of 'Tattling'
From: GCIDE
- Tattling \Tat"tling\, a. Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tattling'
From: GCIDE
- 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]