shat

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb give away information about somebody
  2. verb have a bowel movement

Etymology

A late innovation, apparently by analogy with sit → sat; spit → spat, etc. First recorded in the eighteenth century. Compare Old English sċāt.

Synonyms

denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag

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