English noun: tattler | |||
1. | tattler (person) someone who gossips indiscreetly | ||
Synonyms | blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger | ||
2. | tattler (animal) any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sandpiper | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, Heteroscelus incanus, Polynesian tattler, willet | ||