Dictionary entry makes no sense - bocinazo

Question

From the dictionary here on SD under the entry for ''bocinazo'':

Dar el bocinazo -> to grass

It seems to me that to grass should be an infinitive verb form

Does "to give a hoot" mean the same thing as to grass?

If somebody "blows their horn", can I say "they're just grassing?

Confused in Georgia

I'm learning from this site that the EU is a closeknit bunch. Most definitions are rendered in British English as a default, it appears. Being from EE. UU. I am picking up on some British terminology in addition to improving my Castilian! - cristalino, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 1

its an east end cockney term.

Grass - grasshopper - copper - policeman, never realised it was rhyming slang... - afowen, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 2

To grass, to grass on someone or to grass someone up is totally normal in British English.

He grassed, he grassed on me, he grassed me up.

A grass is the person what done the grassing. Also a police informer.

Although probably originally used in the context of grassing to the police, when I was little we used it when referring to 'telling on someone' to any authority figure - parents, teachers etc.

The doctor has never mentioned that one. - Leatha, Feb 9, 2011

Doctor Who? - afowen, Feb 9, 2011

I see from your profile pic that the answer is yes :-) - afowen, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 3

To grass? Wow.. That's a new one for me. Bocizano means blowing or honking the horn in my neck of the woods.

Answer 4

To grass is to rat somebody out, to inform to the police, to squeal or to tell

Hmmm, from what decade? I've lived in the US all my life and have never come across that infinative, ever... of course, that doesn't mean it isn't English, but I'm just curious from what era? - cristalino, Feb 9, 2011

Ok, just found a reference: slang ( Brit ) to inform, esp to the police...never made it across the pond, though! ;o) - cristalino, Feb 9, 2011

Answer 5

From Wordmagicsoft's website:

dar un bo·ci·na·zo Verb

1.honk, hoot, toot, tootle; Synonyms: tocar la bocina, aullar

However, even from Collins, I see:

bocinazo

(Aut) toot, blast (of the horn)

MODISMOS dar el bocinazo ** to grass **