talebear

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verb

To tell or spread tales.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person talebears · participle present talebearing · past talebore · participle past taleborne

  1. To tell or spread tales.

    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.

    1999, William H. Gass, The tunnel

Origin

Back-formation from talebearer.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

talebear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talebear

MLA

“talebear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talebear. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “talebear,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talebear.

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