tattle
verb [intransitive] (informal, disapproving, especially North American English)- tattle (on somebody) (to somebody)
to tell somebody, especially somebody in authority, about something bad that somebody else has done synonym tell on somebody向当权者告发;(就某人不端行为)打小报告 You should learn that you just don’t tattle on classmates. 你应该认识到你不该打同学们的小报告。
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘falter, stammer’, also ‘make meaningless sounds’, referring to a small child): from Middle Flemish tatelen, tateren, of imitative origin.