as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
as the office's resident tattler, she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers
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Recent Examples of tattler
Wandering tattlers, the ruddy turnstone and a variety of other summer migrants will be found on our local beaches.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler.
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Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts.
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Robert D. McFadden,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Aug. 2020
Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead.
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Martha Sorren,
refinery29.com,
20 June 2019
There are social repercussions for kids who develop a reputation as tattlers: they get left out.
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K. Lori Hanson Ph.d.,
miamiherald,
8 Mar. 2018
Dwight and Eugene remain at an ideological impasse, but Eugene is too busy waffling between his morality and his desire to stay alive to actually pick a side—and for reasons unknown, Dwight hasn’t found a way to simply ax the potential tattler.
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Laura Bradley,
HWD,
3 Dec. 2017
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2025
Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler.
—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts.
—
Robert D. McFadden,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Aug. 2020
Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead.
—
Martha Sorren,
refinery29.com,
20 June 2019
There are social repercussions for kids who develop a reputation as tattlers: they get left out.
—
K. Lori Hanson Ph.d.,
miamiherald,
8 Mar. 2018
Dwight and Eugene remain at an ideological impasse, but Eugene is too busy waffling between his morality and his desire to stay alive to actually pick a side—and for reasons unknown, Dwight hasn’t found a way to simply ax the potential tattler.
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Laura Bradley,
HWD,
3 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tattler
Noun
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The devices were hidden in a pack of cigarettes, the informant’s watch, and a cellphone.
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However, some members of the Hole in the Wall Gang got busted in 1981 for stealing from a home furnishings store, and Cullotta — one of those busted — became an informant.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
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Matt Schmidt, founder of Schmidt Automotive Research, said BMW is a canary in a coal mine for the industry.
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That kid has tattletale energy.
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People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
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There are obvious similarities to Brad Marchand here, with rat king energy and two-way skill, but his shutdown play could put him on the Seth Jarvis track, too.
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Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter.
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Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY.
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The Riverside County sheriff drew flak for conservatives like Laura Loomer for kneeling alongside activists in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and, when pressed by a CNN reporter, for signaling openness to a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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“Tattler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattler. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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