tattler
Americannoun
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a person who tattles; telltale.
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either of two shorebirds of the genus Heteroscelus, having a loud, whistling cry.
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any of various related shorebirds having shrill cries, as the yellowlegs.
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a small bass, Serranus phoebe, of the West Indies and Florida.
noun
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a person who tattles; gossip
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any of several sandpipers of the genus Heteroscelus, such as H. incanus ( Polynesian tattler ), of Pacific coastal regions
Etymology
Origin of tattler
Example Sentences
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Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts to compete with The Post.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2020
In that sense, Tabloid is like an episode of Jerry Springer or Maury, except that the tattler on-camera is not confronted halfway through the show by her adversary.
From Time • Jul. 14, 2011
It remained for the nation's No. i tattler, Friend Winchell, to reveal Policeman Hoover's only romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus did chain-smoking Houston Post Gossip Columnist Bill Roberts, 43, express his frustration about a journalistic "creation" that has come home to haunt him: blonde Maxine Mesinger, 35, tattler for the Houston Press.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is nothing worse than a tattler, so I keep my mouth shut.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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