English Dictionary

tattle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtæt(ə)l/

名詞

可算名詞 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 軽蔑的 不可算名詞

(countable) A tattletale. / (countable, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.

日本語の意味

（子供に対して使われる軽蔑的な表現）他人の悪行や不正行為を告げ口する人、つまり告げ口屋 / 他人の不正行為などを示す、告発の内容や情報

He was labeled a tattle by his classmates after he reported the prank.

彼はいたずらを報告したことで、クラスメートから告げ口をする子だと呼ばれた。

意味（1）

(countable) A tattletale.

We agree on almost nothing, everything is a battle / Every secret from him is kept, his rep is being a tattle

意味（2）

(countable, Canada, US, derogatory) Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.

Have a special small bucket called the tattle bucket. Make name cards for each child. […] When children have a tattle, instead of disrupting the class, they get their name card and put it in the tattle bucket. Look in the bucket at varying times during the day. If you see a name card, go to the child and say, I see you have your name card in the tattle bucket. What would you like to tell me? Many times, children will have forgotten all about the tattle.

意味（3）

(uncountable) Idle talk; gossip; (countable) an instance of such talk or gossip.

Prattles and Tattles, / O'er Bottles, / Shall ſtill cheriſh my Fancy, / Better, and ſweeter, / And greater, / Than dull Tea with Nancy.

tattles （ plural ）