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tattletattle /ˈtæt̮l/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYtattleOrigin: 1400-1500 Middle Dutch tatelen VERB TABLEtattle |
Present | I, you, we, they | tattle | | he, she, it | tattles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tattled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tattled | | he, she, it | has tattled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tattled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will tattle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tattled |
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Present | I | am tattling | | he, she, it | is tattling | | you, we, they | are tattling | Past | I, he, she, it | was tattling | | you, we, they | were tattling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tattling | | he, she, it | has been tattling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tattling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tattling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tattling |
1if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad SYN tell: tattle on Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn’t do.2old-fashioned to talk about small unimportant things, or about other people’s private affairs SYN gossip—tattling noun [uncountable]—tattler noun [countable] |