How to pronounce tattle
American English pronunciation
TAT-uhl
- IPA
- /ˈtætəl/
- Syllables
- TAT · uhl (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tattle means
To tell on a friend for breaking a rule
In a sentence: It's not nice to tattle every time someone breaks a small rule.
Where it comes from: From an old Flemish word meaning "to stammer."
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