Word Meaning

Meaning of telltale

- Telling tales; babbling.
- One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
- 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.
- A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
- 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.
- 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.
- The tattler. See Tattler.

Crossword clue for telltale

- Blabbermouth
- Blabbermouth or revelatory
- Divulge story that’s revealing
- Revealing
- Revealing or betraying
- Revealing or betraying something
- Snitch
- Snitch; revealing