talebear

Back-formation from talebearer.

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

1. To tell or spread tales.
   • 1999, William H. Gass, The tunnel:

     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.

• rateable, tearable