Definitions of telltale [ˈtɛlˌteɪl]

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Definition of 'telltale'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) telltale
a person who reveals confidential matters.

2.  telltale
a thing serving to reveal something.

3.  telltale
any of various devices for indicating or registering, as a time clock.

4.  telltale
a row of strips hung over a track to warn crew members on freight trains that a low bridge or tunnel is approaching.

5.  telltale
(on a sailboat) a string or ribbon hung aloft to indicate the direction of the wind.

6. (adj.) telltale
revealing what is not intended to be known:
a telltale blush.

7.  telltale
giving notice or warning of something, as a mechanical device.

Etymology: (1540–50)

Definition of 'telltale'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tattletale, tattler, taleteller, talebearer, telltale, blabbermouth
someone who gossips indiscreetly

2. (adj) revealing, telling, telltale(a)
disclosing unintentionally
"a telling smile"; "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"

Definition of 'telltale'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) telltale
telling tales; babbling

2. (noun) telltale
one who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress

3. (noun) telltale
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

4. (noun) telltale
a mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm

5. (noun) telltale
a compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course

6. (noun) telltale
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

7. (noun) telltale
the tattler. See Tattler

Translation of 'telltale'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: giving information (often which a person would not wish to be known) the telltale signs of guilt.
Afrikaans: verklikkend	Arabic: ناقِل مَعْلومات أو إشاعات	Bulgarian: издайнически
Brazilian: revelador	Czech: prozrazující	German: verräterisch
Danish: afslørende	Greek: αποκαλυπτικός	Spanish: revelador
Estonian: reetlik	Farsi: گویا؛ نمایانگر	Finnish: paljastava
French: révélateur	Hebrew: מֵעִיד עַל-, מַסגִיר	Hindi: साफ दिखाई देने वाले
Croatian: izdajnički, koji odaje	Hungarian: árulkodó	Indonesian: mengungkapkan
Icelandic: sem kemur upp um/ljóstrar	Italian: rivelatore	Japanese: 自然にあらわれる
Korean: 비밀을 폭로하는, 고자질하는	Lithuanian: iškalbus, išdavikiškas	Latvian: izteiksmīgs; nodevīgs
Malay: ketara, nyata	Dutch: veelbeduidend	Norwegian: avslørende, ytre
Polish: wymowny	Portuguese: revelador	Romanian: grăitor
Russian: предательский	Slovak: prezrádzajúci	Slovenian: izdajalski
Serbian: izdajnički	Swedish: avslöjande, skvallrande	Thai: ซึ่งเปิดเผยความลับ
Turkish: ele veren, açığa vuran	Taiwanese: 搬弄是非的	Ukrainian: зрадницький
Urdu: چغلي خور	Vietnamese: mách lẻo	Chinese: 拨弄是非的
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