tattle
verb (used without object)
to let out secrets.
tattled
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past participleof tattle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof tattle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
tattleverb (used without object)to let out secrets.
Example Sentences
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This wasn’t the first time Waymo has tattled on alleged troublemakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Since then, said colleague has gone ghost on a project with me, and I have reason to believe Amy might have tattled.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2023
In “American Dreams,” Julia Alvarez recalls a childhood candy store and its “tinkling bell that tattled I was coming in the door.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2019
A disgruntled Congressional Country Club member tattled on the course for removing too many trees.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2018
Had one of the other girls tattled so soon?
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
