petzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
• tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
• tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.

Senses

petzen is used for these senses in English:

• snitch (slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
• 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.]
• tell (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• tell (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.

snitch — full definition

1. verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.
2. verb To steal something quickly and quietly.
3. noun A person who informs on others, especially to authority.

tattle — full definition

1. verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
2. verb (especially of children) To report someone else's misbehaviour to an adult or authority figure.
3. noun Idle gossip, or a piece of tale-telling about someone's wrongdoing.

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