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snake up

snake up verb: to switch sides by resorting to authorities, to become treacherous, to rat.

Verb

snake up (third-person singular simple present snakes up, present participle snaking up, simple past and past participle snaked up)

  1. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) To switch sides by resorting to authorities, to become treacherous, to rat.
    • I hate a niggga that act big tough but get shaked up when them jakes come
      Way too many of my hood niggas got caked up & got snaked up
      Thats why i dont fuck w the fake , i get u tossed in a lake w a weight2019 August 20, “NaNaNa” (track 9), in Stack Bundi (lyrics), Eclipse
    • It used to be bare better back.
      What happened, why did it change?
      Beef, people snaked up, same reason why we beef everyone, cause they snaked up.2025 April 28, “Inside England’s Hidden Mental Health Epidemic...” (29:41 from the start), in Kaynan

Forms of snake up

third-person singular presentsnakes up
present participlesnaking up
past participlesnaked up
pastsnaked up

Questions about snake up

What does snake up mean?
Snake up means to switch sides by resorting to authorities, to become treacherous, to rat.
What part of speech is snake up?
Snake up is a verb.
What is the past tense of snake up?
The past tense of snake up is snaked up.

Words near snake up in the dictionary

  1. snake shot
  2. snake tail
  3. snake tails
  4. snake tart
  5. snake tarts
  6. snake up
  7. Snake Valley
  8. snake vine
  9. snake vines
  10. snake whip
  11. snake whips

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