grass
- noun
- /ɡrɑːs/
- Offensive
- Everyone knows you can't trust a grass in this business.
Whoever tells you someone's a grass, use your grasses, Do you know what I mean?
- Whoever tells you someone's a grass, use your grasses, Do you know what I mean?
- Craig's made good friends with Tony so Tony thinks I'm a grass.
- Other than the obvious smear making out, he was a grass.
- But these people with this fucking word keep calling me a grass.
- But I'm I'm not a grass and I I work to the old.
Examples
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The people who actually grass the Grays up, they're firm.
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Which means your ass is grass pal.
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I knew he was a snake in the grass before he even opened his mouth.
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I know Nitro's the grass, not you.
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You're not gonna grass on us, are you, wee man?
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Whoever tells you someone's a grass, use your grasses, Do you know what I mean?
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You're not going to grass on your friends, are you?
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After he gave the police information, they called him a grass.
Synonyms
A person who tells police the names of many criminals
Idioms
- Offensive
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
- Informal
A very quiet place where even the smallest sounds seem noticeable
Compounds
- Informal
Ordinary people in a community who support or begin change at the local level
A grass that grows along the ground and is used for lawns and fields for animals
- UK
A European grass with long underground roots that spreads quickly and becomes a common weed
A tough grass with strong roots that grows on sandy shores and stops sand dunes from moving
- Specialized
A green grass grown for health drinks, animal food, and to stop soil erosion
- US
A plant that lives for many years with long leaves like grass and tall stalks of white flowers
A rough annual grass grown for edible seeds, animal feed, and wildlife food
A small plant with narrow, grass-like leaves and blue flowers related to irises
A grass that has curved flower spikes and long stiff hairs under each small flower
A tough grass from North America with leaves that turn pale bronze in autumn
A small plant with edible leaves high in vitamin C that sailors used to prevent scurvy
A creeping grass with spiky heads like a bird's foot that often grows as a weed
- Australian
An Australian grass that lives for many years and has long spikes like a windmill
- Specialized
A grass from Eurasia that farmers grow for animal feed and to stop soil erosion
A rare small fern with thin curled leaves that grows in thick clumps on the ground
- US
A plant that lives for many years with pink or purple flowers in eastern North America
- UK
A strong plant that spreads quickly and is used for lawns and pastures in warm places
- US
A grass from Europe that spreads quickly by stems under the ground and is a weed in North America
- South African
A grass from South Africa that grows in clumps and is often planted to stop soil erosion
- Archaic
A herb from the southeastern United States with rough outer flower parts and small white flowers
- Specialized
A tall grass that spreads underground and is used for animal food but is a harmful weed
A fast-growing water plant with long grass-like leaves that forms thick floating mats
A grasslike plant that lives for many years with star-shaped flowers that grows in North America
- Specialized
A plant that grows in shallow water or marshes and can poison farm animals
- Specialized
A group of small grass-like plants that grow in wet places such as marshes
Young green leaves of the barley plant used as a health food such as powder or juice
- Specialized
A common wild grass that grows in wet farm fields and that animals sometimes eat
- Australian
A tall grass from Australia with long thin stalks often used for hay
- Australian
A tall Australian plant with a thick trunk and long grasslike leaves
- Specialized
A grass from Europe and Asia grown on dry plains to feed animals and stop soil washing away
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Etymology
Grass (British slang for a police informer) probably began in criminal speech to name someone who 'tells' on others; a helpful way to remember it is to imagine someone who tells the police about their friends, so a 'grass' is a betrayer.