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kiss and tell en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature.
    • While I told Joe all about my Beth, and he told me about his Ellen, a student at Northwestern, I did not go into any details about my sex life; I have never liked to kiss and tell, even though I suppose that's what I'm doing in these pages. 2007, Robert Ayres Carter, Nobody yet Knows Who I Am: A Personal History: 1943-1953, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 34:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kisses and tells Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
kissing and telling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kissed and told Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kissed and told Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

hiss-and-tell

Relateds

kiss-and-tell · tell tales out of school

Translations (3)

fi laverrella (betray a confidence by disclosing private information) · cmn 洩密 /泄密 (betray a confidence by disclosing private information) · pl opowiadać publicznie o swoim życiu prywatnym (betray a confidence by disclosing private information)