snitch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /snɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (slang) A thief.
-
(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.
A fuck nigga, that's that shit I don't like A snitch nigga, that's that shit I don't like
2012, Chief Keef, “I Don't Like”:
-
(UK, slang) A nose.
‘Yes, I’m a witch! I wiggle my snitch![...]’
1994, Christine Marion Fraser, Noble Beginnings, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 74:'Yah, I wouldn't git a second-'and dress at a pawnbroker's!' 'Garn!' said Liza indignantly. 'I'll swipe yer over the snitch if yer talk ter me. [...] "
1897, W.S. Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 1:He added in conclusion that he strongly disliked the police coming and sticking its nose into his affairs and, since the horror which such actions inspired in him was not far from making him wish to vomit, he extracted from his pocket a silken square of the colour of the lilac flower (the one that isn’t white) but impregnated with Barbouze, the Fior perfume, and with it dabbed his snitch.
1960, Barbara Wright (tr.), Zazie in the metro, Penguin Classics, translation of Zazie dans le métro by Raymond Queneau, published 2001, →ISBN, page 96:Have a perpetual dew drop hanging from your snitch
2001 July 27, catmandoo, “Re: Please help me to be 'correct'.”, in uk.local.isle-of-wight (Usenet):Bluenoze: Blow your nose to clear your snitch of whatever it is you've been snorting and read the postings again.
1999 September 27, "billy", “Re: Babies Having Babies”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):On one level clearly emblematic of her class status, “she’d have really looked down her snitch at me”), Virginia Woolf's nose, both Bennett and his audience would know, signifies as well the far more frightening power, the phallic power, attributed to women, strong women in particular.
1978, Brenda R. Silver, quoting Alan Bennett, Virginia Woolf icon, University of Chicago Press, published 1999, →ISBN, Take Seven: British Graffiti: Me ,I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Sammy And Rosie Get Laid, page 158:Question: do benign bacteria live in one's snitch and keep the other, nastier ones at bay ?
1999 March 26, G Greenway, “Re: aah-cho!!”, in alt.gothic (Usenet):
-
A tiny morsel.
"He pays for the food you eat," said the woman. "Yeah," said the boy. "And I earn every snitch doing everything ever gets done around here."
1963, Jack Schaefer, Monte Walsh, page 3:
- A ball used in the sport of Quidditch: the Golden Snitch.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snitches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonsnitch · snitchy · antisnitch · snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches · bibliosnitch · snitches get stitches · snitch bitch
Synonyms
schnozz (nose) · stool pigeon · snap (morsel) · filcher (thief) · grass (informer) · snippock (morsel) · quisling · rat · bite (morsel) · mole · sneck · pincher
Translations (107)
fr dénonciateur (informer, one who betrays his group) · mk кра́дец (thief) · eo stukaĉo (thief) · be дака́зчыца (informer, one who betrays his group) · fi ilmiantaja (informer, one who betrays his group) · da tyv (thief) · da tyveknægt (thief) · pl nochal (nose) · fr voleuse (thief) · fr balance (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr indic (informer, one who betrays his group) · mk ко́дош (informer, one who betrays his group) · fi voro (thief) · sv snattare (thief) · ru воро́вка (thief) · uk доно́щик (informer, one who betrays his group) · ang melda (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru пята́к (nose) · he מַלְשִׁין (informer, one who betrays his group) · fi kähveltäjä (thief) · hu vamzer (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr informateur (informer, one who betrays his group) · uk краді́йка (thief) · mk крадачка (thief) · da forræder (informer, one who betrays his group) · sv skvallerbytta (informer, one who betrays his group) · pl donosiciel (informer, one who betrays his group) · uk доно́щиця (informer, one who betrays his group) · mk потка́жувач (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr voleur (thief) · be дано́счыца (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru вор (thief) · uk краді́й (thief) · pt chibo (informer, one who betrays his group) · afb فتان (informer, one who betrays his group) · da stikker (informer, one who betrays his group) · pt dedo-duro (informer, one who betrays his group) · it spia (informer, one who betrays his group) · it pentito (informer, one who betrays his group) · bg доно́сница (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru руби́льник (nose) · fi kantelupukki (informer, one who betrays his group) · uk зло́дійка (thief) · es sapo (informer, one who betrays his group) · sv golare (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru вори́шка (thief) · sq spiun (informer, one who betrays his group) · pl złodziejka (thief) · es gacetilla (informer, one who betrays his group) · cs práskač (informer, one who betrays his group) · de Dieb (thief) · ca espieta (informer, one who betrays his group) · hu besúgó (informer, one who betrays his group) · pl kapuś (informer, one who betrays his group) · be дака́зчык (informer, one who betrays his group) · hu spicli (informer, one who betrays his group) · uk зло́дій (thief) · ru нос (nose) · ru доно́счица (informer, one who betrays his group) · es delator (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr mouchard (informer, one who betrays his group) · it traditore (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr délateur (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru я́беда (informer, one who betrays his group) · de Informant (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru стука́чка (informer, one who betrays his group) · nl verklikker (informer, one who betrays his group) · my ပုဆိန်ရိုး (informer, one who betrays his group) · mk нос (nose) · be зладзе́йка (thief) · pl złodziej (thief) · ru ворю́га (thief) · be дано́счык (informer, one who betrays his group) · nan-hbl 抓耙仔 (informer, one who betrays his group) · es delatador (informer, one who betrays his group) · bg доно́сничка (informer, one who betrays his group) · he שְׁטִינְקֶר (informer, one who betrays his group) · cs udavač (informer, one who betrays his group) · bg доно́сник (informer, one who betrays his group) · de Verräter (informer, one who betrays his group) · sq hajdut (thief) · pl kinol (nose) · es correveidile (informer, one who betrays his group) · gl delator (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru доно́счик (informer, one who betrays his group) · es hocicón (informer, one who betrays his group) · fi vasikka (informer, one who betrays his group) · fr indicateur (informer, one who betrays his group) · de Langfinger (thief) · es cuentero (informer, one who betrays his group) · ru стука́ч (informer, one who betrays his group) · be зло́дзей (thief) · fi varas (thief) · sv tjallare (informer, one who betrays his group) · cs donašeč (informer, one who betrays his group) · nb tyster (informer, one who betrays his group) · gl napia (nose) · es chivato (informer, one who betrays his group) · nb sladrehank (informer, one who betrays his group) · gl delatora (informer, one who betrays his group) · es alcaucil (informer, one who betrays his group) · it delatore (informer, one who betrays his group) · cs bonzák (informer, one who betrays his group) · bg краде́ц (thief) · ru шно́бель (nose) · es soplón (informer, one who betrays his group) · de Spitzel (informer, one who betrays his group)