TELL
VERBS
► CARP to utter, to say, to tell → 1350 obs.
► CHEEP to tell or reveal; to betray a secret; to mention, to hint at → 1903 Amer. dial.
► CRACK to utter, pronounce, or tell aloud or briskly → c1315
► DEEM to pronounce, to proclaim, to celebrate, to announce, to declare; to tell, to say, to utter → a1000 obs.
► DEVISE to tell, to narrate → 1952 Amer. dial.
► EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story → 19C sl.
► FAME to tell or spread abroad; to report → 1303 obs.
► GIVE THE OFFICE to inform, to tell, with no inference of warning → 1855 sl.
► LAY to give information, to tell → c1470 obs.
► LET THE CAT OUT OF THE WALLET to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon; to let the cat out of the bag → 1804 Amer. dial.
► MUSTER to show; to display, to exhibit; to report, to tell, to explain → a1400 obs.
► NOISE ABOUT to tell, to spread the news → 1861 sl.
► NOISE ABROAD to tell, to spread the news → 1913 sl.
► PAD to inform; to tell → 1950s African-American sl.
► PEACH to tell or tattle; to give information → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► QUETHE to speak, say, declare, tell, call → c825 obs.
► QUIDDLE to give away a secret or tell a piece of news too soon → 1969 Amer. dial.
► SCREAM ON ONE to give away a secret or to betray the confidence of someone; to tell; to inform; to attack → 1960s African-American sl.
► SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything → 20C sl.
► SWITCH to tell or tattle; to give information → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TALE to say, to speak, to utter, to tell → c1205 obs.
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