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telltale
English
Etymology
From tell +? tale.
Alternative forms
- tell-tale
- tell tale
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?lte?l/
Noun
telltale (plural telltales)
- One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.
- Synonyms: blabbermouth, gossip, rumormonger, talebearer; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
- (chiefly US, slang) Tattletale; squealer.
- An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.
- (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.
- 1898, George Saintsbury, A Short History of English Literature
- (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.
- (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.
- (nautical) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- (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.
- (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.
- A bird, the tattler.
- A story or fable that has a moral or message.
Related terms
- tell tales
Translations
Adjective
telltale (comparative more telltale, superlative most telltale)
- Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.
Derived terms
- telltale compass
Translations
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backbiting
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English bakbitynge, bacbiting, bacbitung, equivalent to backbite +? -ing.
Noun
backbiting (countable and uncountable, plural backbitings)
- The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bakbytynge, equivalent to backbite +? -ing.
Adjective
backbiting (comparative more backbiting, superlative most backbiting)
- Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person's knowledge.
Verb
backbiting
- present participle of backbite
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