VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / telltale

Thesaurus: telltale

Telling tales; babbling.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

checkdefinitionpositiondefinitionseedefinitiontattlerdefinitiontellingdefinitionbabblingdefinitionsomethingdefinitiontalesdefinitiontellsdefinitionabsencedefinitionattachmentdefinitionbellowsdefinitioncabindefinitioncaptaindefinitioncommunicatesdefinitioncompassdefinitionconcernsdefinitionconnecteddefinitioncontrivancedefinitioncoursedefinitiondisclosingdefinitiondonedefinitiondriversdefinitionemployeesdefinitionemployersdefinitionexhausteddefinitionfactorydefinitiongivesdefinition

Definitions

  1. a. Telling tales; babbling.
  2. n. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
  3. n. A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted.
  4. n. A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
  5. n. 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.
  6. n. A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
  7. n. The tattler. See Tattler.
  8. adj. disclosing unintentionally something concealed
  9. n. someone who gossips indiscreetly
  10. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe. 1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress. 2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the bellows of an organ, that gives notice, by its position, when the wind is exhausted. 3. (Naut.) (a) A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. (b) 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. 4. (Mach.) A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees, as factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted. 5. (Zoöl.) The tattler. See Tattler.
  11. Telling tales; babbling. "The telltale heart." Poe.
  12. n:100 n someone who gossips indiscreetly s disclosing unintentionally