tattling
/ˈtætəlɪŋ/
noun
- The act of telling on someone, especially for a minor or trivial wrongdoing; often used in the context of children reporting each other's misbehavior.
- She was accused of tattling when she told her mom that her brother didn't finish his vegetables.
- Constant tattling can make a child unpopular with classmates.
- The teacher told the students that tattling on each other for small things was not helpful.
verb
- Present participle of 'tattle': to tell on someone, especially for a minor wrongdoing.
- Stop tattling and try to solve the problem yourselves.
- She was tattling to the principal about the graffiti in the bathroom.
- The little boy is tattling on his sister for taking the last cookie.