tattler
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tat·tler
(tăt′lər)n.
1. One who tattles.
2. Either of two shorebirds of the genus Tringa found in Asia, Australia, and western North America, especially T. incana, noted for its loud cry.
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tattler
(ˈtætlə)n
1. a person who tattles; gossip
2. (Animals) any of several sandpipers of the genus Heteroscelus, such as H. incanus (Polynesian tattler), of Pacific coastal regions
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tat•tler
(ˈtæt lər)n.
1. a person who tattles; telltale.
2. either of two shorebirds of the genus Heteroscelus, having a loud, whistling cry.
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Noun | 1. | tattler - someone who gossips indiscreetly gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, gossip - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others |
2. | tattler - any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers Heteroscelus incanus, Polynesian tattler - tattler of Pacific coastal regions Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, willet - large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts |
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tattler
noun1. A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:
blab, gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattle, tattletale, telltale, whisperer.
Slang: yenta.
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tattler
[ˈtætləʳ] N (= chatterbox) → charlatán/ana m/f; (= gossip) → chismoso/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tattler
n → Klatschmaul nt (pej sl), → Klatschbase f (inf)
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