One who gives information. A "squealer" or "squeaker". The origin derives from rhyming slang: grasshopper – copper; a "grass" or "grasser" tells the "copper" or policeman.
(countable, Britain, slang) An informer, police informer; one who betrays a group (of criminals, etc) to the authorities. synonym ▲quotations ▼ Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant.
GRASS - to squeal or inform. "This word is derived from Cockney rhyming slang 'grasshopper,' meaning 'copper,' i.e., 'policeman. ' 'Grass' sometimes appears as a noun, meaning both 'informer' or 'stool pigeon' and the 'act of informing' itself.
"Grass", in British English, can be used as a verb or a noun to describe a police informer or the actions of said informer. Oxford gives: noun: British informal, A police informer. verb: British informal, Inform the police of someone's criminal activities or plans.
In the context of relationships or social dynamics: "Cutting the grass" can also be used as a metaphor for eliminating or removing negative influences or people who are causing trouble or disruption. It implies taking action to remove or address a problem or a source of conflict.
If a person grasses on someone else, they tell the police or someone in authority about something bad that that person has done: grass on someone to someone/something Dan grassed on them to the local police.
phrase. If you say the grass is greener somewhere else, you mean that other people's situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.
Yankee is sometimes abbreviated as “Yank.” People from all over the world, including Great Britain, Australia, and South America, use the term to describe Americans. (In Spanish, it's spelled yanqui.) Sometimes, it's a negative description.
The word grass goes back to a root that means "green." You're probably familiar with the grass in back yards and city parks. There's also the grass that covers pastures, meant for cows and sheep to graze on, and the grass of grasslands, growing wild on every continent except Antarctica.
to delay dealing with something, especially because you want people to forget about it: It is disgraceful that the Treasury had kicked the task force's report into the long grass. We are not prepared to see this issue kicked into the long grass.
Lawn was laune in the 1500s, meaning "open space between the woods," from the Old French lande, "heath, moor, or clearing." Definitions of lawn. a field of cultivated and mowed grass. type of: field.
synonyms: bush, crotch hair. types: minge. vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals. type of: hair. a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.
What does fire crotch mean? No, fire crotch is not a medical condition, thankfully. It means having red pubic hair. A person with naturally red hair might be said to have a fire crotch or be insulted as a fire crotch.
“5-0” (pronounced five-oh) became a popular nickname after the television show Hawaii Five-O which aired from 1968 to 1980. “Five-o” referred to the Hawaiian police force in the show, based on Hawaii being the fiftieth state to join the union.
Bluebottle: A British term for policeman that may have derived from Cockney rhyming slang. 'Bottle' is an abbreviation of 'bottle and glass', which is rhyming slang for 'arse'. (See also Bottles).
Couch grass is a common and invasive garden weed. It is a perennial grass which rapidly spreads by. Rhizomes are creeping swollen root-like structures that are actually adapted stems. Roots, stems with leaves and flowers are produced along its length. See plants such as Anemone nemorosa, bamboo, canna, border iris.
