deep throat
noun
often capitalized D&T
: an informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity
Synonyms
- betrayer
- canary [slang]
- fink
- informant
- informer
- nark [British]
- rat
- rat fink
- snitch
- snitcher
- squealer
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- talebearer
- tattler
- tattletale
- telltale
- whistle-blower
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Example Sentences
an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years
Word History
Etymology
from the nickname given to such an informant in the Watergate scandal by Bob Woodward born 1943 U.S. journalist, from the title of a pornographic film (1972)
First Known Use
1973, in the meaning defined above
deep throats
noun
as in informants
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- informants
- informers
- stool pigeons
- canaries
- snitchers
- collaborators
- stoolies
- rats
- rat finks
- betrayers
- talebearers
- squealers
- spies
- snitches
- tattlers
- narks
- tattletales
- finks
- telltales
- whistle-blowers
- gossipers
- gossips
- blabbermouths
- snoops
- leakers
- blabbers
- notifiers
- snoopers
- perdurabilities
- perdurability
- perdurable
- perdurableness
- perdurably
- perdurance
- perdurances
- perdurant
- perduration
- perdure
- perdured
- perdures
- perduring
- perdus
- perea
- pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt
- peregrina
- peregrinate
- peregrinated
- peregrinates
- peregrinating
- peregrination
- peregrinations
- peregrinator
- peregrinators