SNITCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does snitch mean?
• SNITCH (noun)
The noun SNITCH has 1 sense:
1. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Familiarity information: SNITCH used as a noun is very rare.
• SNITCH (verb)
The verb SNITCH has 2 senses:
1. take by theft
2. give away information about somebody
Familiarity information: SNITCH used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SNITCH (noun)
Meaning:
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
canary; stoolpigeon; stoolie; stool pigeon; snitch; fink; snitcher; sneaker; sneak
Hypernyms ("snitch" is a kind of...):
betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer (one who reveals confidential information in return for money)
• SNITCH (verb)
Meaning:
Take by theft
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
cop; glom; snitch; thieve; knock off; hook
Context example:
Someone snitched my wallet!
Hypernyms (to "snitch" is one way to...):
steal (take without the owner's consent)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give away information about somebody
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
shit; tell on; stag; snitch; denounce; shop; give away; betray; rat; grass
Context example:
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Hypernyms (to "snitch" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snitch"):
sell out (give information that compromises others)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
