Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Common misspelling of tattling.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tattletaling.

Examples

  • According to the manual, this means we must withstand (or wallow in) a purgatory of charges and countercharges, a spreading oil slick of complicity and tattletaling, and the appearance of mobs of lawyers huddled on marble steps.

    Robert Teitelman: Transactions: May 3, 2010 2010

  • According to the manual, this means we must withstand (or wallow in) a purgatory of charges and countercharges, a spreading oil slick of complicity and tattletaling, and the appearance of mobs of lawyers huddled on marble steps.

    Robert Teitelman: Transactions: May 3, 2010 2010

  • "I've gotten a lot of letters from churches that are tattletaling on churches down the street that aren't licensed and don't meet standards for food service."

    Pennsylvania Pie Fight: State Cracks Down on Baked Goods 2009

  • You don't want to scare anybody away if they are -- I mean, some of them will call it tattletaling.

    CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2009 2009

  • No exception was allowed, and Charlotte had warned her that if she told our mother about their arrangements she would be committing a mortal sin in the eyes of the church, called “tattletaling.”

    Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997

  • No exception was allowed, and Charlotte had warned her that if she told our mother about their arrangements she would be committing a mortal sin in the eyes of the church, called “tattletaling.”

    Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin 1997

  • Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb points out that Cleveland's creepy bins are only the most recent example of "tattletaling objects," things that were once merely functional but now, with technology, have been made aware, for better or worse.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • They'd spent their childhood the regular way, Jordan said, with "sarcasm, tattletaling and clothes stealing."

    The News Tribune Blogs newstips@thenewstribune.com (By Kathleen Merryman; 2010

  • Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb points out that Cleveland's creepy bins are only the most recent example of "tattletaling objects," things that were once merely functional but now, with technology, have been made aware, for better or worse.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2010

  • Michael Rendon may have inspired a tall Fort Lewis College student to take on the role, ordering the chicken suit online to avoid any tattletaling in town.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.