告げ口 — meaning in English
tsugeguchi
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English meaning
- tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
Senses
告げ口 is used for these senses in English:
- tattle (intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
tattle — full definition
- verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
- verb (especially of children) To report someone else's misbehaviour to an adult or authority figure.
- noun Idle gossip, or a piece of tale-telling about someone's wrongdoing.