tattler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who gossips indiscreetly
    telltale; blabbermouth; taleteller; tattletale; talebearer.
  2. noun any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

WordNet

Tat"tler noun
Definitions
  1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. Jer. Taylor.
  2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large, long-legged sandpipers belonging to the genus Totanus. ✍ The common American species are the greater tattler, or telltale (T. melanoleucus), the smaller tattler, or lesser yellowlegs (T. flavipes), the solitary tattler (T. solitarius), and the semipalmated tattler, or willet. The first two are called also telltale, telltale spine, telltale tattler, yellowlegs, yellowshanks, and yelper.

Webster 1913