"blabtale" meaning in English

See blabtale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more blabtale [comparative], most blabtale [superlative], blab-tale [alternative]
Etymology: From blab + tale. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blab|tale}} blab + tale Head templates: {{en-adj}} blabtale (comparative more blabtale, superlative most blabtale)
  1. (obsolete) Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (revealing something): telltale, tell-truth
    Sense id: en-blabtale-en-adj-Mz5odepc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 10 7 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 45 39 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: blabtales [plural], blab-tale [alternative]
Etymology: From blab + tale. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blab|tale}} blab + tale Head templates: {{en-noun}} blabtale (plural blabtales)
  1. (obsolete) An informant. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (informant): blabtongue
    Sense id: en-blabtale-en-noun-FwhMIwKq Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 45 39 16 Disambiguation of 'informant': 93 7
  2. (obsolete) A gossip. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (gossip): blabtongue
    Sense id: en-blabtale-en-noun-JoR3QhBB Categories (other): English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 45 39 16 Disambiguation of 'gossip': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grass, snitch, tattletale, gossip, rumourmonger
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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