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telltale

noun

tell·​tale ˈtel-ˌtāl How to pronounce telltale (audio)
1
a
: an outward sign : indication
2
: a device for indicating or recording something: such as
a
: a wind-direction indicator often in the form of a ribbon
b
: a strip of metal on the front wall of a racquets or squash court above which the ball must be hit
telltale adjective

Example Sentences

the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy the department telltale told the boss that his coworkers were taking extra long breaks
Recent Examples on the Web An unusual labor market, too Another common telltale is employment. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2022 As the economy reopened earlier this year, Disney’s response—and consumers’ enthusiasm to get back to the parks—became a telltale of the country’s larger re-emergence. Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 29 July 2021 Clean all outboard telltales with a piece of wire, and store the engine in a vertical position to make sure the water drains completely. Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2019 But the best telltale is that the tourists are the only ones swimming in the ocean. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2019 FordPass enabled vehicles have a telltale in the top right hand corner of the SYNC screen if location sharing and remote start/stop, lock/unlock are active. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2019 That’s a telltale for the approach on the culinary business for me. Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2018 And nobody is closer to these telltales - and the people who fuel them - than Lisa Fair, Chico Lewis and Roger Lowe. Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 26 Apr. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler
The first known use of telltale was in 1548

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