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snitch

UK/snɪt͡ʃ/ US/ˈsnɪtʃ/ fairly common slang uk
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

verb

1.

take by theft

  • “Someone snitched my wallet!”
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2.

give away information about somebody

  • “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • dry snitch
  • snitch bitch
  • snitch up
  • snitches get stitches
  • snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches

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