Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tattling \Tat"tling\, a.
Given to idle talk; apt to tell tales. -- {Tat"tling*ly},
adv.
Tattle \Tat"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tattled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tattling}.] [Akin to OE. tateren, LG. tateln, D. tateren to
stammer, and perhaps to E. titter.]
1. To prate; to talk idly; to use many words with little
meaning; to chat.
The tattling quality of age, which is always
narrative. --Dryden.
2. To tell tales; to communicate secrets; to be a talebearer;
as, a tattling girl.
Source : WordNet®
tattling
adj : prone to communicate confidential information [syn: {blabbermouthed},
{leaky}, {talebearing(a)}, {tattling(a)}]