pölliä — meaning in English

English meaning

• boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
• nick noun A small cut or notch in a surface, or the exact critical point or moment something happens.
• snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.

Senses

pölliä is used for these senses in English:

• boost (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.
• nick (transitive, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, law enforcement, slang) To arrest.
• snitch (slang, dated, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.

boost — full definition

1. noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
2. verb To help increase or improve something.
3. verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).

nick — full definition

1. noun A small cut or notch in a surface, or the exact critical point or moment something happens.
2. noun British slang for a police station or prison.
3. noun British slang for condition or state, as in "in good nick".
4. verb To cut or scratch slightly.
5. verb British slang meaning to steal.

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