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Telltale — may refer to* A tell tale, a nautical navigational aid * Telltale Games, a video game developer * Telltale, a group of musicians who played the music for the first series of the British television programme Rainbow in the 1970s * A type of… … Wikipedia
Telltale — Tell tale , a. Telling tales; babbling. The telltale heart. Poe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — [tel′tāl΄] n. 1. a person who tells secrets or informs; talebearer; tattler 2. an outward indication of something secret 3. any of various devices for indicating or recording information; indicator; specif., ☆ a) a row of dangling ropes, etc.… … English World dictionary
Telltale — Tell tale , n. 1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — 1540s (n.), 1590s (adj.), from TELL (Cf. tell) + TALE (Cf. tale), in phrase to tell a tale relate a false or exaggerated story (late 13c.) … Etymology dictionary
telltale — [adj] revealing disclosing, evidential, giveaway, indicatory, informative, meaningful, pointing to, prognostic, significant, significatory, suggestive; concept 267 … New thesaurus
telltale — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ revealing or betraying something. ► NOUN ▪ a person who tells tales … English terms dictionary
telltale — Tattler Tat tler, n. 1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large, long legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}. [1913 Webster] Note: The common… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — tell|tale1 [ˈtelteıl] adj telltale signs/marks etc signs etc that clearly show something has happened or exists, often something that is a secret ▪ They examined the child carefully, looking for telltale signs of abuse. telltale 2 telltale2 n BrE … Dictionary of contemporary English
telltale — tell|tale1 [ tel,teıl ] adjective telltale signs of something are obvious signs that it exists or it has happened: the telltale signs of lead poisoning telltale tell|tale 2 [ tel,teıl ] noun count BRITISH INFORMAL a TATTLE TALE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
telltale — I UK [ˈtelˌteɪl] / US adjective telltale signs of something are obvious signs that it exists or it has happened II UK [ˈtelˌteɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms telltale : singular telltale plural telltales British informal showing disapproval… … English dictionary
