Telling tales; babbling.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of individuals; one who tells that which prudence should suppress, and which if told, often does mischief among neighbors.
2. A movable piece of ivory or lead on a chamber organ, that gives notice when the wind is exhausted.
3. In seamanship, a small piece of wood, traversing in a groove across the front of the poop deck, and which, by communicating with a small barrel on the axis of the steering wheel, indicates the situation of the helm.
Knave Roget’s Thesaurus §941
N. knave, rogue, scapin, rascal, lazarillo de tormes, bad man, blackguard, barrater, barrator, shyster, traitor, betrayer, archtraitor, conspirator, judas, catiline, reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, jerry sneak, squealer*, tell-tale, mischief-maker, trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade, truant, recreant, sycophant
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