[ UK /tˈætlɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈtætɫɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
  2. someone who gossips indiscreetly
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How To Use tattler In A Sentence

  • Pressure the school to gradually change its culture, so that showing concern is labeled as being heroic, rather than being a tattler. Childhood Unbound
  • It leads to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza, named for the mayor's tattler, the legendary Richard J. Daley, the city's mayor and political boss for 21 years ending in 1976.
  • He felt that they were just jealous and, anyway, he doesn't like tattlers so he decided to arrive early.
  • Eastern Willet, Tringa s. semipalmata synonym; Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, formerly; Symphemia semipalmata, protonym; Scolopax semipalmata, also known as the semipalmated tattler or simply as the willet, photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Mystery bird: eastern willet, Tringa s. semipalmata
  • Don't be such a tattler, Chloe, or you'll have to stay in at recess. Obama: U.S., Russia 'quite close' to forging new START treaty
  • He is not a whit less a tattler and a scandal monger than the old Roman tonsor or Figaro, his confrère in Southern Europe. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • A tattler is worse than a thief. 
  • They smiled at his name transiently, but in agreement: the tattler-spout of their set was, a fatal person to encounter, and each deemed the sudden apparition of him in the very early morning along the Carlsruhe road rather magical. The Amazing Marriage — Complete
  • It was she — the foolish tattler — who had set the report abroad regarding the poor Indian woman. The Virginians
  • Wired has an entertaining celebrity tattler piece on how Hollywood's big names behave when they're in the Apple store.
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