"Tattle-tailing is not so much "Telling on someone" or "Ratting them out." It's more of doing those acts repeatedly.
ex. "Jacob keeps telling on people, He's such a tattle-tail!
REPLY TO ANSWER: YOU GO GIRL! some one who answered my tatle taling question said somthang that bugged me to heck! Cheak it out my question was: If you told on a friend that was cheating are you a tattle tale?
PS: THIS other girl responded after... WHAT A SWEETIE SHE WAS!!! <3