talebear

English

Etymology

Back-formation from talebearer.

Verb

talebear (third-person singular simple present talebears, present participle talebearing, simple past talebore, past participle taleborne)

  1. To tell or spread tales.
    • 1999, William H. Gass, The tunnel:
      So I write that of course there were others, as if it were so natural to talebear that my gossipy betrayal was inevitable, customary, doubtless witty, even right.

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