Telltale
Definition of Telltale
Tell´tale` | a. | 1. | Telling tales; babbling. | | n. | 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 mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm. | | 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. | (Zool.) The tattler. See Tattler. | | 6. | A thing that serves to disclose something or give information; a hint or indication. | | 7. | (Railroads) An arrangement consisting of long strips, as of rope, wire, or leather, hanging from a bar over railroad tracks, in such a position as to warn freight brakemen of their approach to a low overhead bridge. |
Related Words
a tale-bearing animal, babbling, betrayal, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbering, blabbermouth, blabbing, broad hint, busybody, catchword, clack, clue, communication leak, cue, cue word, dead giveaway, delator, divulgation, divulgement, divulgence, divulging, evidence, evulgation, fink, gentle hint, gesture, giveaway, glimmer, glimmering, gossip, gossip columnist, gossiper, gossipmonger, hint, hot lead, implication, index, indication, indiscretion, informer, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, key, key word, kick, lead, leak, letting out, look, narc, newsmonger, newspaperman, nod, notion, nudge, obvious clue, peacher, prompt, quidnunc, reporter, rumormonger, scandalmonger, scent, sign, signal, snitch, snitcher, spoor, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, stoolie, suggestion, suspicion, symptom, tabby, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale sign, tip-off, tittle-tattler, trace, track, unwitting disclosure, vestige, whiff, whisper, whistle-blower, wind, wink, yenta
|
Browse
Telestereograph
Telestereoscope
Telestic
Telestich
Telethermograph
Telethermometer
Teleutospore
Telford
Telfordize
Telharmonic
Telharmonium
Telic
Tell
Tell that to the marines
Tellable
Tellen
Teller
Tellership
Tellina
Telling
-Telltale-
Tellural
Tellurate
Telluret
Tellureted
Tellureted hydrogen
Tellurhydric
tellurhydric acid
Tellurian
Telluric
Telluric bismuth
Telluric silver
Telluride
Tellurism
Tellurite
Tellurium
Tellurium glance
Tellurize
Tellurous
Telodynamic
Teloogoo
|