lolly up

verb

To inform on.

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Meanings

verblolly up (third-person singular simple present lollies up, present participle lollying up, simple past and past participle lollied up)

present singular third person lollies up · participle present lollying up · participle past lollied up · past lollied up

  1. UKslangTo inform on.

    But some straight kid turned grass — he lollied me up, as they say — and I was asked to leave the premises.

    2011, Richard T. Kelly, Alan Clarke
    1 more example

    The bods who do it are grasses. They'll lolly you up as soon as look at you. […] The fucking bastards lollied me up for nicking the materials. I lost three days.

    2005, Noel Smith, Razor Smith, A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bewraydimedime outgrassname namesnarkpeachrat out

Origin

Rhyming slang, from lollipop, to rhyme with shop (“to report to the authorities”).

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APA

lolly up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolly%20up

MLA

“lolly up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolly%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lolly up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lolly%20up.

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