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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of tattle.

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Examples

  • Once the locals found out-and one wonders who in God's name tattled on the good men of

    AVN Industry News 2010

  • Mike also wrote that the best way to describe what the Kidd did is that he "tattled" on Mike Woodson - Kidd pointed out to the refs that Woodson was doing something illegal.

    SLAM Online Lang Whitaker 2010

  • The problem is, I don't want to hurt my friend, nor do I want this other person to know that I "tattled" on her.

    Winnipeg Sun 2009

  • First it was the Danish cartoons that outraged the Muslim community, and now an Austrian named Manfred Deix has drawn the ire of the Catholics: the Viennese archdiocese has 'tattled' on him to the public prosecutor for violating the National Socialist Prohibition Act and for degrading religion (it's in German; there is a horrible Google translation).

    Pharyngula 2009

  • The problem is, I don't want to hurt my friend, nor do I want this other person to know that I "tattled" on her.

    Edmonton Sun 2009

  • He would fight with me over video games and bully me when my parents weren't around, threatening to do worse things if I tattled on him.

    Twenty-three-year-olds Shouldn't Be Writing Memoirs Robert David Moseley 2011

  • "Alex has just tattled on Meredith and she has just screwed with the Alzheimer's trial, but there will still be tons and tons of drama associated with this whole run for Chief Resident."

    Grey's Anatomy's Season Finale: Meredith's Misdeed Tears Seattle Grace Apart 2011

  • Those kinds of convos even if they are accurate, do not need to be tattled to the public.

    Carville takes aim at latest tell-all on Bush 2009

  • He tattled to the governor of Pennsylvania that the general was most judiciously chosen for being disqualified for the service he is employed in in almost every respect.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • He would fight with me over video games and bully me when my parents weren't around, threatening to do worse things if I tattled on him.

    Twenty-three-year-olds Shouldn't Be Writing Memoirs Robert David Moseley 2011

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