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snitching

snitching is the present participle and gerund of snitch.

Meaning of snitch

Verb

snitch (third-person singular simple present snitches, present participle snitching, simple past and past participle snitched)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To inform on someone, especially in betrayal of others.
    Synonyms:
    drop a dime
  2. (intransitive, slang) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason.
  3. (dated, slang, transitive) To steal, quickly and quietly.
    • Besides, I shall require your help in snitching the pig. But I was forgetting. You are not abreast of that side of our activities, are you? Emsworth has a pig. The Duke wants it.1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
    Synonyms:
    filch

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Phrases with snitching

Questions about snitching

What is snitching the present participle and gerund of?
Snitching is the present participle and gerund of snitch.

Words near snitching in the dictionary

  1. snitches get stitches and end up in ditches
  2. snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches
  3. snitches up
  4. snitchier
  5. snitchiest
  6. snitching
  7. snitching up
  8. snitchy
  9. snite
  10. snited
  11. snites

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