snitch

Meanings

Verb

• To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
• To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
• To steal, quickly and quietly.

Noun

• A thief.
• An informer, usually one who betrays his group.
• A nose.
• A tiny morsel.
• A ball used in the sports of Quidditch.

Related

Similar words

• bite, snap, snippock

Origin

• . Compare also Middle English snik snak. Alternatively, perhaps from a dialectal variant of sneak, from Middle English sniken, from Old English snīcan. More at sneak.