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sing
verb- to give information or evidence, usually to the police US, 1929
- I don’t worry about them any more than you do about shaking a guy down and then shooting him in the back to keep him from singing[.] — Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, p. 263, 1948
- Note: Dean was “singing” the day she was slain, but clammed up when shown the headlines by his wife. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, Chicago Confidential, p. 135, 1950
- When it became obvious that the Mafia had double-crossed him, he threatened to “sing his head off.” — Alson Smith, Syndicate City, p. 94, 1954
- Been makin’ it all his life singing songs for the cops. — Donald Goines, Kenyatta’s Last Hit, p. 69, 1975
- They grabbed a paper hanger in a bank. A broad. She’s singing for a deal. — Gerald Petievich, Money Men, p. 140, 1981
- Yeah they don’t know our names, but they can sing about this place. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- Ya cuntprick, one’s saying with harsh breath, ya sang to the fuckin’ rozzers. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 19, 1997
- in carnival usage, to make a sales pitch US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 243, 1981
- in a big store confidence swindle, to provide false information to the intended victim
- How’d you like to take the call and do some singing for us. — Stephen J. Cannell, Big Con, p. 195, 1997
▶ sing in the choir
to be homosexual US
Cute code.- — Kevin Dilallo, The Unofficial Gay Manual, p. 245, 1994
▶ sing like a canary
to give information or evidence, usually to the police US, 1950
An elaboration of SING.- I heard that the Mafia narcotic syndicate believed this man was “singing like a canary” to us. — Harry J. Anslinger, The Murderers, p. 94, 1961
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