Telltale (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person who heedlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters; tattler; talebearer.
  2. a thing serving to reveal or disclose something.
  3. any of various indicating or registering devices, as a time clock.
  4. a gauge on an organ for indicating the air pressure.
  5. an indicator showing the position of a ship's rudder.
  6. a row of strips hung over a track to warn train crew members on freight trains that a low bridge, tunnel, or the like is approaching.
  7. (on a sailboat) a feather, string, or similar device, often attached to the port and starboard shrouds and to the backstay, to indicate the relative direction of the wind.
  8. a narrow piece of metal across the front wall of a court, parallel to and extending 17 inches (43.2 centimeters) above the base: a ball striking this is an out.
adjective
  1. that reveals or betrays what is not intended to be known: a telltale blush.
  2. giving notice or warning of something, as a mechanical device.
noun
  1. a person who tells tales about others
    • an outward indication of something concealed
    • (as modifier)
  3. any of various indicators or recording devices used to monitor a process, machine, etc
  4. nautical
    • another word for dogvane
    • one of a pair of light vanes mounted on the main shrouds of a sailing boat to indicate the apparent direction of the wind
Telltale (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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