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Definition of Telltale

1. Noun. Someone who gossips indiscreetly.

2. Adjective. Disclosing unintentionally. "A telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"

Definition of Telltale

1. a. Telling tales; babbling.

2. n. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.

3. n. A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication.

Definition of Telltale

1. a tattler [n -S] - See also: tattler

Medical Definition of Telltale

1. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." 1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress. 2. A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted. 3. A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course. 4. A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted. 5. The tattler. See Tattler. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telltale

tellered tellering tellers tellies Tellima Tellima affinis Tellima grandiflora tellin tellina telling

tellingly tellings tellins tells telltale (current term) telltale (current term) telltale(a) telltales tellural tellurate

telluret tellureted tellurhydric tellurian tellurians telluric telluric telluride telluride tellurides

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