snitch

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

snitches

V_ing/Gerund

snitching

V_ed/pp

snitched

1.
(intransitive, slang)To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.
2.
(intransitive, slang)To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
3.
(dated, slang, transitive)To steal, quickly and quietly.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

snitches

1.
(slang)A thief.
2.
(slang)An informer, one who betrays their group.
3.
(British, slang)A nose.
4.
A tiny morsel.
5.
A ball used in the sport of Quidditch: the Golden Snitch.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

filch nick pilfer pocketdrop a dimegrass uprat outcooperate with the police

Cùng gốc / liên quan

snitcheesnitcherantisnitchingdry snitchsnitch upsnitch-jacket

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Nguồn gốc từ

Origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English snacche (a trap, snare), snacchen (to seize (prey)). Compare also snik snak. Alternatively, perhaps from a dialectal variant of sneak, from Middle English sniken, from Old English snīcan (to creep; crawl). More at sneak, snatch.