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snitch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun snitch has 1 sense
- snitch(n = noun.person) canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police; Array is a kind of betrayer, blabber, informer, rat, squealer
Derived form verb snitch2
Verb snitch has 2 senses
- snitch(v = verb.possession) cop, glom, hook, knock off, thieve - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" is one way to steal
- snitch(v = verb.communication) betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, stag, tell on - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" is one way to inform
Derived form noun snitcher1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun snitch1, noun snitcher2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
snitch, v. & n.
--v. sl.
1 tr. steal.
2 intr. (often foll. by on) inform on a person.
--n. an informer.
--v. sl.
1 tr. steal.
2 intr. (often foll. by on) inform on a person.
--n. an informer.
Etymology
17th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
snitch
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, beak, bear witness against, beezer, betray, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blow the whistle, boost, borrow, canary, conk, cop, crib, defraud, delator, embezzle, extort, filch, fink, hook, inform against, inform on, informer, lift, make off with, narc, nark, nick, nip, palm, peach, peacher, pecker, pilfer, pimp, pinch, poach, purloin, rat, run away with, rustle, schnozzle, scrounge, sell out, shoplift, sing, smeller, snare, snatch, snitch on, snitcher, snout, spy, squeak, squeal, squealer, steal, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, swindle, swipe, take, talebearer, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tell on, telltale, testify against, thieve, tipster, turn informer, walk off with, whistle-blowerROGET THESAURUS
snitch
Disclosure
N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.
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