lolly up
"lolly-up" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lolly up” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To inform on.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lolly-up · lolly up · English
lolly up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lolly up |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lolly up” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lolly up is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To inform on.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lolly up, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Rhyming slang, from lollipop, to rhyme with shop (“to report to the authorities”). The correct English form is lolly up, spelled L-O-L-L-Y- -U-P.
Definition
- 1To inform on.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lolly up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
But some straight kid turned grass — he lollied me up, as they say — and I was asked to leave the premises.
Etymology
Rhyming slang, from lollipop, to rhyme with shop (“to report to the authorities”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.