Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer. See Synonyms at steal.
- v. To turn informer: He snitched on his comrades.
- n. A thief.
- n. An informer.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To steal, quickly and quietly.
- v. transitive To inform on.
- v. slang, transitive To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
- n. A thief.
- n. An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
- n. this sense) (UK) A nose.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- v. take by theft
- v. give away information about somebody
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In these cases, these individuals were stigmatized with the label "snitch" or "stool pigeon.”
The Huffington Post: Elena Quintana: The Problem With Snitching
“And, you know, the term snitch used to refer to one criminal who ratted out another criminal in order to get a lesser sentence.”
“I spoke to multimillionaire rap star Cam'ron about why he uses the term snitch and encourages people not to talk to police, says he himself would never talk to police.”
“The same con game is used by people of questionable ethics who invented the term "snitch" to demonize and prevent whistleblowers "ratting them out.”
“And he was so scared, he did not go to school yesterday because he sensed that, for being what they call a snitch, something bad would happen to him.”
“The word 'snitch' puts witnesses in a category where they have done something wrong, this is not the case.”
“I think the reason kids are told not to snitch is because they will be retaliated against.”
“The reason why people are scared to snitch is because they fear their lives.”
“RAFOLS: Police say this is where a 38-year-old woman was kidnapped, beaten, and branded with a hot iron, the word snitch scorched into her cheek, then blindfolded, driven, and dropped in this nearby neighborhood.”
“Apparently, they bought a branding iron with the word snitch on it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘snitch’.
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Bad Options
words for those who commit particular crimes: i.e., bank robber, arsonist, etc.
liar, cheat, traitor, arsonist, felon, braggard, thief, profiteer, impostor, phony, fraud, culprit and 212 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 272 more... -
Origin unknown
bamboozle, ballyhoo, banter, bludgeon, chad, cocktail, culvert, curmugeon, dildo, dude, dweeb, dyke and 51 more...
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• How to make a worker cry (derogativ...
What?! And I'm supposed to pay for your lousy work, you... you...
dauber, pettifogger, tinker, quill-driver, rhymester, numbnuts, peer, cartophiling, notaphily, speleology, letterboxing, metrophile and 43 more...
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JK Rowling's Magical Vocabulary
muggle, pensieve, boggart, animagus, grim, occlumency, polyjuice potion, howler, horcrux, deatheater, gryffindor, ravenclaw and 49 more...
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harry potter words
quidditch, apparate, disapparate, lumos, snitch, pensieve, dementor, azkaban, wingardium, leviosa, horcrux, bludger and 376 more...
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vinyl's Words
deliverator, finna, metric fuckton, fag, hyphy, ginormous, sacrilicious, fantabulous, macaca, n-word, pterodactyl, genious and 560 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 323 more...
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Winter's Bone vocabulary
Study list of difficult words from Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. In reverse order: start at the bottom to see words from the beginning of the novel!
plaid, lazy susan, lope, furtive, dour, scamper, hard-boiled, implacable, dainty, stomp, resignation, crank and 138 more...
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 436 more...
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Harry Potter words
words, spells, charms, curses, artefacts and objects from the Harry Potter books
morsmordre, wingardium leviosa, centaur, alohomora, stupefy, expelliarmus, arithmancy, charm, hex, jinx, goblin, accio and 100 more...
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harry potter
oddment, tweak, lumos, flourish, filch, felix felicis, quaffle, bludger, snitch, voldemort, phoenix, slytherin and 61 more...
Tweets
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PossibleUnderscore Frank Burns: At school I used to snitch on myself for not snitching. Aug 14, 2009