different between blabber vs whistleblower

English

Etymology

From Middle English blaberen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?blæb.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æb?(?)

Verb

blabber (third-person singular simple present blabbers, present participle blabbering, simple past and past participle blabbered)

1. To blather; to talk foolishly or incoherently.
   • 2014, Richard Szweda, Silenius' Gift

     He blabbered away about how he knew where some treasure was hidden and he would tell us if only we would swear to save his life.

2. To blab; to reveal a secret.
3. (Britain, obsolete) To stick out one's tongue.

Synonyms

• (to talk foolishly): See also Thesaurus:prattle
• (to let out a secret): See also Thesaurus:rat out

Translations

Noun

blabber (plural blabbers)

1. A person who blabs; a tattler; a telltale.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gossiper

Related terms

• blab
• blabbermouth

Translations

Anagrams

• babbler, brabble

English

Noun

whistleblower (plural whistleblowers)

1. Alternative form of whistle-blower

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English whistle-blower.

Noun

whistleblower

1. whistle-blower ((former) public employee who informs the general populace about breaches of law)
   • 2016, Bastian Obermayer, Frederik Obermaier, Panama Papers: Historien om en verdensomspændende afsløring, Politikens Forlag (?ISBN)

     ... whistleblowere og aktivister i USA og Europa har fået ødelagt deres liv ...

     ... whistle-blowers and activists in USA and Europe have had their lives destroyed ...

   • 2013, Charlotte Langkilde, Bedraget – Sagen om Nordisk Fjer, Lindhardt og Ringhof (?ISBN)

     Jeg har stillet mange whistleblowere spørgsmålet, om det var det hele værd.

     I have asked many whistle-blowers whether it was worth it all.

   • 2014, Glenn Greenwald (tr. by Niels Ivar Larsen), Overvåget, Informations Forlag (?ISBN)

     Obamaregeringen, som har stået for flere retssager mod whistleblowere, end alle hans^{[sic, meaning dens]} forgængere til sammen, ...

     The Obama administration, which has been responsible for more trials against whistle-blowers than all his^{[sic, meaning its]} predecessors taken together, ...

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