Meaning & use
Tattletaling
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Informally, telling on someone, especially reporting a person's minor misdeeds to an authority figure.
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The teacher told the students to stop tattletaling over every small disagreement.
He's always tattletaling on his sister whenever she breaks a house rule.
A note on using this word
Formed informally from the noun 'tattletale'; more formal dictionaries prefer the verb 'tattle' or 'tattling.'
Words with a similar meaning
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