dedurar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fink noun An informer, especially one seen as untrustworthy or contemptible.
- 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.
- tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
Senses
dedurar is used for these senses in English:
- fink (chiefly, US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.
- grass (transitive, or, intransitive, slang) To act as a grass or informer, to betray; to report on (criminals etc) to the authorities.
- rat out (slang, derogatory, transitive) To inform authorities (about someone); to tell on (somebody).
- 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 on (usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
fink — full definition
- noun An informer, especially one seen as untrustworthy or contemptible.
- noun A worker who crosses a picket line or helps break a strike.
- verb To inform on someone, especially to betray a confidence.
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.