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verpfeifen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grass noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
  • snitch verb To inform on someone, often betraying a friend or group.

Senses

verpfeifen 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.
  • snitch (slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.

grass — full definition

  1. noun A common green plant with narrow leaves that covers lawns, fields, and meadows.
  2. noun Marijuana (informal).
  3. noun British informal: an informer who reports criminals or wrongdoers to the authorities.
  4. verb British informal: to inform on someone to the police or another authority.

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.

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