(transitive, archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. / (transitive, ditransitive) To narrate. / (transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.

A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.

(archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

(now only nonstandard, and dialectal in Northern England and Scotland) simple past tense and past participle of tell

present participle of tell on

A surname.

(informal) A reprimand, reproach, or lecture.

A community in Lesotho

(transitive or intransitive) To inform (someone) about (something).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kiss and tell