moucharder — meaning in English
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English meaning
- grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- rat noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
- snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
- tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
Senses
moucharder is used for these senses in English:
- grass (transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- rat (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. [from 20th c.]
- snitch (slang, intransitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
- tattle (intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
grass — full definition
- noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
- noun Marijuana (informal).
- noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
- verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.
rat — full definition
- noun A rodent similar to a mouse but larger, often considered a pest.
- verb Informally, to inform on someone to the authorities; to betray someone's trust.