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The Meaning of telltale
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(a.) Telling tales; babbling.
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(n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) The tattler. See Tattler.
Synonyms
tattletale
,
tattler
,
taleteller
,
talebearer
,
blabbermouth
,
revealing
,
telling
Rhymes
abigail
,
ail
,
airedale
,
airmail
,
ale
,
amell
,
ancell
,
assail
,
avail
,
avenell
,
averell
,
avondale
,
bail
,
baile
,
bale
,
balle
,
barksdale
,
barrell
,
bartell
,
bayle
,
beyl
,
blackmail
,
bloomingdale
,
borrell
,
brail
,
braille
,
cail
,
cale
,
carbondale
,
cardell
,
carrell
,
cartmell
,
carvell
,
clydesdale
,
coattail
,
cocktail
,
correll
,
countervail
,
coverdale
,
curtail
,
dail
,
daile
,
dale
,
dayle
,
derail
,
detail
,
deverell
,
doornail
,
dovetail
,
downscale
,
drail
,
dralle
,
email
,
entail
,
exhale
,
fail
,
faile
,
faille
,
fairytale
,
fantail
,
farmingdale
,
farthingale
,
female
,
ferndale
,
fingernail
,
flail
,
folktale
,
foxtail
,
frail
,
gael
,
gail
,
gaile
,
gale
,
galle
,
garrell
,
gayle
,
glendale
,
gorrell
,
grail
,
guardrail
,
hail
,
haile
,
hale
,
handrail
,
heyl
,
hillsdale
,
hobnail
,
horsetail
,
impale
,
inhale
,
jail
,
jamail
,
jarrell
,
jerrell
,
kail
,
kale
,
kvale
,
lail
,
lavell
,
levell
,
macphail
,
mail
,
maile
,
maille
,
male
,
marcell
,
martingale
,
mayle
,
mcgrail
,
mchale
,
mikhail
,
modell
,
monorail
,
mortell
,
nadell
,
nail
,
naill
,
nale
,
nathanael
,
oakdale
,
orrell
,
pail
,
pale
,
parcell
,
perrell
,
ponytail
,
pralle
,
presale
,
prevail
,
quail
,
quale
,
quayle
,
quesnell
,
radell
,
rael
,
rafale
,
rail
,
raile
,
rayl
,
resale
,
retail
,
revell
,
riverdale
,
sail
,
sale
,
salle
,
savell
,
sayle
,
scale
,
scarsdale
,
schmale
,
scottsdale
,
shale
,
smail
,
smale
,
snail
,
soleil
,
spale
,
springdale
,
stale
,
sumrell
,
sunnyvale
,
swale
,
tail
,
taille
,
tale
,
teasdale
,
thumbnail
,
toenail
,
trail
,
tramell
,
travail
,
uniondale
,
unveil
,
upscale
,
vail
,
vaile
,
vale
,
valle
,
veil
,
verrell
,
wail
,
wale
,
weyl
,
whale
,
wholesale
,
withnail
,
yale
,
zale