Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Talebearing · Tale·bear·ing · IPA a. n. 01 a. Telling tales officiously. 1. Telling tales officiously. 02 n. The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets, scandal, etc., maliciously. 1. The act of informing officiously; communication of secrets, scandal, etc., maliciously.