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单词 tattler
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tattlern.

Brit. /ˈtatl̩ə/, /ˈtatlə/, U.S. /ˈtætlər/, /ˈtædl̩ər/
Forms: Also 1500s tatyllar, 1500s–1800s tatler.
Etymology: Agent-noun < tattle v. + -er suffix1. So Low German täteler.
1. One who tattles; an idle talker, a chatterer; a gossip; a talebearer, telltale.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer
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blabc1374
tale-teller1377
clatterer1388
tittlerc1400
talebearer1478
whisterer1519
whisperer1547
telltale1548
tattler1549
clatterfart1552
tale-carrier1552
babbler?1555
gossip1566
gossiper1568
carry-tale1577
mumble-news1598
twitter1598
buzzer1604
blob-talea1670
gadabout1757
tell-pie1771
circulator1792
clype1825
windjammer1880
tattle-tale1889
panta1908
clatfarta1930
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips
kikelot?c1225
mathelild?c1225
cacklec1230
tutelerc1385
tittererc1400
roukera1425
trattlerc1485
flimmerc1530
tattler1549
chatter1561
gossip1566
gossiper1568
tittle-tattle1571
chatmate1599
fiddle-faddle1602
tittle-tattler1602
confabulator1659
twittle-twat1662
shat1709
prittle-prattle1725
tattle-basket1736
small-talker1762
nash-gab1816
granny1861
windjammer1880
schmoozer1899
scuttlebutt gossip1901
wag-tongue1902
coffee-houser1907
kibitzer1925
clatfarta1930
natterer1959
yacker1959
rapper1967
village gossip1972
1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Diiiiv Vayne tatyllars That do vse false rumours to sowe.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Tim. v. 13 Not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not. View more context for this quotation
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 286 Mr. Prywell..a sober and judicious man, a man that is no tatler, nor raiser of false reports. View more context for this quotation
1781 W. Cowper Friendship xvii Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers, will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. x. 252 As great and scandalous a tattler as anybody.
2. slang. A striking watch, a repeater; a watch in general.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun]
clock1559
pocket watch?1576
watch1590
munter1594
tattler1688
loge1699
yack1789
thimble1819
ticker1821
toy1826
super1857
kettle1889
1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia ii. i. 32 Here's a Tatler; Gold, all Gold, you Rogue.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tattler, an Alarm, or Striking Watch, or (indeed) any.
1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. viii. 160 He carries his ‘tatler’ in the waistband of his unmentionables.
3. Ornithology. Any of the sandpipers of the genus Totanus or subfamily Totaninæ; so called from their vociferous cry.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of
sandpiper1674
stone-runner1681
sand bird1709
piper1793
tattler1831
water junket1833
tip-up1848
kitty-needy1850
weet-weet1852
peep1864
sand-runner1894
1831 Richardson & Swainson Faun. Bor.-Amer. II. 388 Totanus semipalmatus (Temm.), Semipalmated Tatler.
1872 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds 250 The Terekia cinerea..stands between the godwits and tattlers.
1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus I. 17 (note) Yellow-legged snipe, or tattler,..common in autumn on western rivers.

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ˈtattlery n. rare ‘idle talk or chat’ (Webster 1847).Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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