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tattlers

NOUN

person who gossips, tells rumors

Synonyms

WEAK

bigmouth blabberer blabbermouth busybody canary fat mouth fink gossip informer rat rumormonger scandalmonger snitch squealer stool pigeon talebearer taleteller telltale tipster troublemaker whistleblower windbag

NOUN

gossip

Synonyms

STRONG

babbler blabbermouth busybody chatterbox chatterer flibbertigibbet gossiper gossipmonger informer meddler newsmonger parrot prattler rumormonger scandalmonger snoop tabby talebearer taleteller tattle tattletale telltale whisperer

WEAK

blab circulator scandalizer

NOUN

informer

Synonyms

STRONG

accuser adviser announcer betrayer blabbermouth canary crier double-crosser herald informant interviewer journalist messenger preacher propagandist rat reporter sneak source tattletale

WEAK

deep throat newscaster/newsperson notifier stool pigeon

Example Sentences

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Then the two grinders below turn the winches that hold the sheet and guy, and the tailers trim the sheets.

From Time Magazine Archive

I mashed a console switch, raised my outboard seven inches straight up and idled within easy poling range of the tailers without dinging my prop or chewing up seagrass beds, thanks to my jackplate.

From Time Magazine Archive

So far, there hadn't been a sound; if he was being followed, his tailers weren't using the personal intercom units.

From The Penal Cluster by Garrett, Randall

There are always leaders, middlers, and tailers, each insisting on its own place in the order of going.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

There was plenty of fish in the creek, fresh-water bream, cod, cat-fish, and tailers.

From Joe Wilson and His Mates by Lawson, Henry