Adjacent Words

Tattler definitions

	Tweet

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAT'TLER, n. One who tattles; an idle talker; one that tells tales.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth]
2: any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1550 1. tattletale 2. any of various slender long-legged shorebirds (as the willet, yellowlegs, and redshank) of the sandpiper family with a loud and frequent call

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a prattler; a gossip.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Yellowlegs Yel"low*legs`, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of long-legged sandpipers of the genus Totanus, in which the legs are bright yellow; -- called also stone snipe, tattler, telltale, yellowshanks; and yellowshins. See Tattler, 2.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tattler Tat"tler, n. 1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus. Note: The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale (T. melanoleucus), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes), the solitary tattler (T. solitarius), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler, yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

tat'-ler: Only in 1Ti 5:13 for phluaros. A "silly talker," rather than a "revealer of secrets," is meant.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Prattler, babbler, chatterer, prater, gossip, gadabout, gadder, rattle-head, idle talker, news-monger. 2. Gossip, tale-bearer.