telltale

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who divulges private information with intent to hurt others.

   “Your husband is at hand; I heare his Trumpet, / We are not tell-tales, Madam; feare you not.”

2. isim An indicator, such as a warning light, that serves to warn of a hazard or problem.

   “A float telltale to be provided which shall connect with indicator on first floor by a small chain run through 1-2 inch pipe and over pulleys well guarded against the weather.”

3. isim Something that serves to reveal something else.

   “The telltale was the lipstick on his shirt collar.”

4. isim A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected to the bellows of an organ, whose position indicates when the wind is exhausted.
5. isim A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a sail or shroud etc to indicate the direction of the flow of the air relative to the boat.

   “The sailmakers mistake can be an excellent way to lose a race as the telltale signals were disturbed and confusing.”

6. isim A mechanical attachment to the steering wheel, which, in the absence of a tiller, shows the position of the helm.
7. isim A compass in the cabin of a vessel, usually placed where the captain can see it at all hours, and thus inform himself of the vessel's course.
8. isim A machine or contrivance for indicating or recording something, particularly for keeping a check upon employees (factory hands, watchmen, drivers, etc.) by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.
9. isim A bird, the tattler.
10. isim A story or fable that has a moral or message.

    “"Metamorphoses . . ." is the title of a book of telltales (or serialised fables) written by Lucius Apulei¡us, a neo-platonist priest in the second century A.D.”

11. sıfat Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

    “I noticed the snow was dirty, a telltale sign of recent human presence.”