SNITCH

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

canary; fink; sneak; sneaker; snitch; snitcher; stool pigeon; stoolie; stoolpigeon

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)

• SNITCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snitch    ... he / she / it snitches   
Past simple: snitched   
Past participle: snitched   
-ing form: snitching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take by theft

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cop; glom; hook; knock off; snitch; thieve

Context example:

Someone snitched my wallet!

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give away information about somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on

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 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)