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SNITCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Synonyms:
canary; fink; sneak; sneaker; snitch; snitcher; stool pigeon; stoolie; stoolpigeon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snitch" is a kind of...):
betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)
Derivation:
snitch (give away information about somebody)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they snitch ... he / she / it snitches
Past simple: snitched
Past participle: snitched
-ing form: snitching
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give away information about somebody
Example:
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Synonyms:
betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "snitch" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snitch"):
sell someone out (give information that compromises others)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
snitch; snitcher (someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take by theft
Example:
Someone snitched my wallet!
Synonyms:
cop; glom; hook; knock off; snitch; thieve
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "snitch" is one way to...):
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
snitcher (a thief who steals without using violence)
