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When someone especially someone you know tells an authority figure usually a teacher or leader of a group of kids, that you are doing something you shouldn't be doing, if what you are doing is wrong, but isn't hurting anyone else, if someone reports you, they are a tattle tale, or a snitch.
Mark: Mrs. Murphy, Tom is on his phone and he knows he shouldn't be
Tom: Why do you have to tattle?
Snitch Squealer
Tattle by TTIAR1 March 6, 2016
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to tell on or make up a story
Cindy from the Brady Bunch was such a tattle tale!
tattle by jojoko November 11, 2004
where you try to make something all cool and fun, but it doesn’t work out.
Shelly was being tattle when she tried to make the kids have fun when she said, “I brought you guys some toys”and none of the kids liked playing with toys.
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Lorenzo was being tattle when he said a joke and no one laughed at it.
Tattle by NFC May 12, 2020
(n) A nipple
"dude, her blouse was so low her tattles were lookin at me"
tattle by A-Ray December 8, 2003

Tattle Tale 

A small child (or sometimes adult) that tells when others are "doing something bad", much to the annoyance of everyone around them. Often earn themselves unflattering titles.
Susie: Teacher! Bobby's out of his seat!
Bobby: Ugh, Susie is such a tattle tale.

Tattle battle 

When person A sees person B doing something bad and threatens to spill the beans. Person B responds with his or her own threat of blackmail, to which person A responds with even more blackmail. Can escalate to death threats.

Usually takes place between siblings or people who know each other quite well.

Also, this can take place between two or more parties. Various classifications of tattle battles include, but are not limited to the following: minor skirmish, big team battle, and nuclear warfare.

Tattle battles can lead to bickering, verbal and physical attacks, including being called such epithets as bitchass, and death.
My girlfriend's best friend caught me fucking 69 various guys and threatened to tell my girlfriend that I was actually gay. That would be completely unnecessary, so I had to start a tattle battle with that little bitch.
Tattle battle by Coco Puffz June 24, 2009

Tattle Teller 

A person who is a snitch
basically one who informs on people
A Tattle Teller example would be FatJoe
Tattle Teller by MurdaMoney February 11, 2006
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