different between blabbermouth vs telltale

English

Etymology

blabber +? mouth

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blæb.?(?)?ma??/

Noun

blabbermouth (plural blabbermouths)

1. (informal) A gossip.

   If it weren't for that blabbermouth Sally, the principal would never have known we did it.

2. (informal) A person who talks excessively.

   Synonym: chatterbox

3. (aviation) A kind of foam-dispensing nozzle used in firefighting at airports.
   • 1964, Civic Administration (volume 16, page 9)

     Two handlines are capable of 240 gpm and an undertruck "blabbermouth" nozzle can sweep the ground ahead at 240 gpm.

   • 1972, ICAO Bulletin (volume 27, page x)

     The monitor is fitted with a blabbermouth (variable nozzle) to enable jet-spray patterns to be obtained at will.

   • 1983, David F. Rider, Jane's Airport Equipment (page 210)

     A manually operated monitor is provided complete with blabbermouth to deliver foam solution at a rate of 2(KX) lures a minute at 10-5 bar, to a maximum jet range of 46 metres […]

Translations

English

Etymology

From tell +? tale.

Alternative forms

• tell-tale
• tell tale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?lte?l/

Noun

telltale (plural telltales)

1. One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.

   Synonyms: blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearer; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
2. (chiefly US, slang) Tattletale; squealer.
3. An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
4. (figuratively) Something that serves to reveal something else.
   • 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature

     It supplies many useful links and tell-tales.
5. (music) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
6. (nautical) A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.
7. (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
8. (nautical) 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.
9. (engineering) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
10. A bird, the tattler.
11. A story or fable that has a moral or message.

Related terms

• tell tales

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Adjective

telltale (comparative more telltale, superlative most telltale)

1. Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

Derived terms

• telltale compass

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