snitch

1. 1.

   someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

   Synonymsfinksnitcherstoolpigeonstool pigeonstooliesneaksneakercanary

   Broaderinformer

Other forms of snitch

plural

snitches·

past tense

snitched·

present participle

snitching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snitch

What does snitch mean?

snitch means "take by theft". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snitch?

snitch has 1 syllable: snitch. In IPA it is /ˈsnɪtʃ/.

What is another word for snitch?

Close synonyms include hook, thieve, cop, knock off, glom. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snitch a common word?

snitch is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.