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peak
The highest or utmost point of anything; height; maximum
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  1. The highest or utmost point of anything; height; maximum
  2. A tapering, projecting point; a pointed extremity:
  3. (Naut.) The top, after corner of a gaff sail
cap
A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
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  1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
  2. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group:
  3. A summit or top, as of a mountain.
hint
A small, barely detectable amount of.
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  1. A small, barely detectable amount of.
  2. A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue:
  3. A slight indication of a fact, wish, etc.; indirect suggestion or piece of advice; intimation; covert allusion
clue
Something that leads out of a perplexity; esp., a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery
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  1. Something that leads out of a perplexity; esp., a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery
apex
The highest level or degree that is attained.
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  1. The highest level or degree that is attained.
  2. The highest point, especially the vertex of a triangle, cone, or pyramid.
  3. The highest point; the vertex:
top
The highest degree, pitch, or point; the peak, acme, or zenith:
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  1. The highest degree, pitch, or point; the peak, acme, or zenith:
  2. The uppermost part, point, surface, or end:
  3. The highest position or rank:
summit
A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.
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  1. A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.
  2. The highest level or degree that can be attained.
  3. The highest point, part, or elevation; top or apex
nip
A sharp, stinging quality, as of frosty air.
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  1. A sharp, stinging quality, as of frosty air.
  2. A pinch or snip that cuts off or removes a small part:
  3. The small bit or portion so removed:
stub
A pen having a short, blunt point
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  1. A pen having a short, blunt point
  2. The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up:
  3. A short piece or length remaining after the main part has been removed or used up
reward
Something given in return for good or, sometimes, evil, or for service or merit
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  1. Something given in return for good or, sometimes, evil, or for service or merit
  2. A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior:
  3. Money offered, as for the capture of a criminal, the return of something lost, etc.
gift
The act of giving:
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  1. The act of giving:
  2. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation:
  3. A talent or natural ability.
compensation
Payment for injury, loss, or otherwise depriving a person of something he or she is entitled to. See also damages.
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  1. Payment for injury, loss, or otherwise depriving a person of something he or she is entitled to. See also damages.
  2. Payment for work done.
  3. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.
fee
Payment asked or given for professional services, admissions, licenses, tuition, etc.; charge
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  1. Payment asked or given for professional services, admissions, licenses, tuition, etc.; charge
  2. A payment invoiced or made for the performance of services; an interest in or ownership of real estate See fee simple. A payment invoiced or made for the performance of services; an interest in or ownership of real estate See fee simple.
  3. (Now Rare) A present of money; tip; gratuity
small change
Coins, esp. those of low denomination
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  1. Coins, esp. those of low denomination
  2. Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag.
  3. (Idiomatic) A minor or insignificant amount of money.
money
One's salary; pay:
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  1. One's salary; pay:
  2. A wealthy person, family, or group:
  3. Any definite or indefinite sum of money
lagniappe
A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase.
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  1. A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer's purchase.
  2. (Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago, uncommon) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else.
  3. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit.
baksheesh
In Egypt, India, etc., a tip, a gratuity, or alms
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  1. In Egypt, India, etc., a tip, a gratuity, or alms
  2. (Business, ethics) In the Middle East, southwest Asia and Eastern Europe, a bribe or tip paid to speed up services.
  3. A gratuity, tip, or bribe paid to expedite service, especially in the Near East.
handout
A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
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  1. A worksheet, leaflet, or pamphlet that is given out (usually by hand) for a certain use.
  2. A gift of food, clothing, etc., as to a beggar
  3. Food, clothing, or money given to the needy.
grease
Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.
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  1. Soft or melted animal fat, especially after rendering.
  2. A thick oil or viscous substance, especially when used as a lubricant.
  3. (Slang) Something, such as money or influence, that facilitates the attainment of an object or a desire:
warning
A statement telling of or an indication providing evidence of impending danger, difficulty, or misfortune:
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  1. A statement telling of or an indication providing evidence of impending danger, difficulty, or misfortune:
  2. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
  3. A cautionary or deterrent example:
pointer
A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
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  1. A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
  2. (Informal) A helpful hint or suggestion
  3. (Computers) A symbol appearing on a display screen in a GUI that lets the user select a command by clicking with a pointing device or pressing the enter key when the pointer symbol is positioned on the appropriate button or icon.
suggestion
The idea induced or the stimulus used to induce it
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  1. The idea induced or the stimulus used to induce it
  2. Something suggested:
  3. A psychological process by which an idea is induced in or adopted by another without argument, command, or coercion.
inkling
A slight understanding or vague idea or notion.
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  1. A slight understanding or vague idea or notion.
  2. An indirect suggestion; slight indication; hint
whisper
(Figuratively) A faint trace or hint (of something).
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  1. (Figuratively) A faint trace or hint (of something).
  2. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room.
  3. Soft speech produced without using the full voice.
inside-information
(US, law, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.
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  1. (US, law, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.
advice
Information communicated; news:
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  1. Information communicated; news:
  2. Opinion about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel.
  3. Letter of advice
dope
(Informal) A slow-witted, stupid, or lethargic person
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  1. (Informal) A slow-witted, stupid, or lethargic person
  2. Any information, esp. as used for prediction
  3. (Slang) Advance information on a racehorse's condition
in
(Informal) Special influence or favor; pull
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  1. (Informal) Special influence or favor; pull
  2. One that has position, influence, or power:
  3. A person, group, etc. that is in power, in office, or in a favored position
bug
An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance:
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  1. An electronic listening device, such as a hidden microphone or wiretap, used in surveillance:
  2. (Informal) A tiny microphone hidden to record conversation secretly
  3. An insect, spider, or similar organism. Not in scientific use.
bang
(--- Informal) Sudden force or effectiveness
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  1. (--- Informal) Sudden force or effectiveness
  2. (--- Informal) A display of enthusiasm or vigor
  3. (Informal) A sudden burst of action:
buzz
A telephone call:
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  1. A telephone call:
  2. Talk and comment, attention or excitement, etc. about a phenomenon, person, activity, etc.
  3. (Informal, preceded by the) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.
slant
To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope:
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  1. To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope:
  2. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
  3. To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
incline
To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency: dispose:
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  1. To cause (someone) to have a certain tendency: dispose:
  2. To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action:
  3. To deviate from a horizontal or vertical position, course, etc.; lean; slope; slant
shift
To use a shift key.
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  1. To use a shift key.
  2. To change gears, as when driving an automobile.
  3. To change position, direction, form, character, etc.
acicula
(Biol., Geol.) A needlelike spine, prickle, particle, or crystal; esp., an ice crystal
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  1. (Biol., Geol.) A needlelike spine, prickle, particle, or crystal; esp., an ice crystal
  2. A slender, needlelike part or structure, such as a spine or bristle of certain plants and animals or a crystal of certain minerals.
acumination
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
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  1. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
apex
The usually pointed end of an object; the tip:
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  1. The usually pointed end of an object; the tip:
  2. The highest point of interest, excitement, etc.; climax
  3. The highest point; peak; vertex
cusp
(Architecture) The point of intersection of two ornamental arcs or curves, such as the inner points of a trefoil.
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  1. (Architecture) The point of intersection of two ornamental arcs or curves, such as the inner points of a trefoil.
  2. A point or pointed end; apex; peak
  3. (Astronomy) Either point of a crescent moon.
mucro
A sharp, pointed part or organ, especially a sharp terminal point, as of a leaf or shell.
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  1. A sharp, pointed part or organ, especially a sharp terminal point, as of a leaf or shell.
  2. (Biol.) A short, sharp point, tip, or process projecting abruptly from certain parts and organs, as at the end of a leaf
point
The interval of time immediately before a given occurrence; the verge:
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  1. The interval of time immediately before a given occurrence; the verge:
  2. (--- Anthrop.) A stone, piece of flint, etc. worked manually to a sharp point, as for an arrowhead or spearhead
  3. (Linguistics) A vowel point.
cant
To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.
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  1. To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.
  2. To lean to one side; slant.
  3. To use cant; speak in cant
heel
To lean or tilt to one side, as a ship or boat in a high wind
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  1. To lean or tilt to one side, as a ship or boat in a high wind
  2. (Golf) To hit (a ball) with the heel of the club
  3. To follow at one's heels:
incline
To bend or bow (the body or head)
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  1. To bend or bow (the body or head)
  2. To dispose (someone) to have a certain preference or opinion or to take a course of action:
  3. To deviate from a horizontal or vertical position, course, etc.; lean; slope; slant
lean
To have a particular mental inclination; tend (toward or to a certain opinion, attitude, etc.)
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  1. To have a particular mental inclination; tend (toward or to a certain opinion, attitude, etc.)
  2. To cause to incline:
  3. To rely for assistance or support:
list
To enter (a name, item, etc.) in a list, directory, catalog, etc.
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  1. To enter (a name, item, etc.) in a list, directory, catalog, etc.
  2. To enter in a list; register:
  3. To cover, line, or edge with list.
rake
To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
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  1. To pull or drag (a comb or one's fingers, for example) over or through something, such as one's hair.
  2. (--- Informal) To gain in abundance. Often used with in :
  3. To use a rake.
slant
To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
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  1. To present so as to conform to a particular bias or appeal to a certain audience:
  2. To have or go in a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal; slope.
  3. To incline or turn from a direct line or course, esp. one that is perpendicular or level; slope
slope
To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant
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  1. To have an upward or downward inclination; take an oblique direction; incline; slant
  2. To move or walk:
  3. (Chiefly Brit., Informal) To go or move (off, away, etc.), esp. in a leisurely or furtive way
tilt
To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something:
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  1. To have a preference, favor, or be inclined toward something:
  2. To cause to slope, as by raising one end; incline:
  3. To slope; incline; slant; tip
cant
The tilt, turn, or slant thus caused
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  1. The tilt, turn, or slant thus caused
  2. The special vocabulary of a profession, discipline, or social group; jargon.
  3. The special words and phrases used by those in a certain sect, occupation, etc.; jargon
grade
Any of the divisions in a school curriculum usually equal to one year; most systems in the U.S. include twelve grades after the kindergarten
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  1. Any of the divisions in a school curriculum usually equal to one year; most systems in the U.S. include twelve grades after the kindergarten
  2. A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade. For this reason, many taxonomists do not accept grades as formal classifications. The class Reptilia (reptiles) is a grade since it includes dinosaurs but not birds, even though birds are descended from dinosaurs.
  3. A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track:
gradient
A operator on scalar fields yielding a vector function, where the value of the vector evaluated at any point indicates the direction and degree of change of the field at that point.
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  1. A operator on scalar fields yielding a vector function, where the value of the vector evaluated at any point indicates the direction and degree of change of the field at that point.
  2. The degree to which something inclines; a slope. A mountain road with a gradient of ten percent rises one foot for every ten feet of horizontal length.
  3. (Physics) The rate at which a physical quantity, such as temperature or pressure, changes in response to changes in a given variable, especially distance.
heel
Anything suggesting the human heel in location, shape, or function, as the end of a loaf of bread, a rind end of cheese, the part of the palm of the hand nearest the wrist, the part of the head of a golf club nearest the shaft, the lower end of a ship's mast, or a small quantity of liquor left in a bottle
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  1. Anything suggesting the human heel in location, shape, or function, as the end of a loaf of bread, a rind end of cheese, the part of the palm of the hand nearest the wrist, the part of the head of a golf club nearest the shaft, the lower end of a ship's mast, or a small quantity of liquor left in a bottle
  2. (Botany) The basal end of a plant cutting or tuber used in propagation.
  3. The built-up portion of a shoe or boot, supporting the heel.
inclination
Any action, practice, or thing, toward which one is inclined
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  1. Any action, practice, or thing, toward which one is inclined
  2. The extent or degree of incline from a horizontal or vertical position, course, etc.
  3. A characteristic disposition or tendency to act in a certain way; a propensity:
incline
An inclined surface; a slope or gradient:
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  1. An inclined surface; a slope or gradient:
  2. An inclined plane or surface; slope; grade; slant
lean
A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
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  1. A tilt or an inclination away from the vertical.
  2. The act or condition of leaning; inclination; slant
  3. Meat containing little or no fat
list
A considerable number; a long series:
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  1. A considerable number; a long series:
  2. A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other:
  3. List price
rake
The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.
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  1. The angle between the cutting edge of a tool and a plane perpendicular to the working surface to which the tool is applied.
  2. A long-handled implement with a row of projecting teeth at its head, used especially to gather leaves or to loosen or smooth earth.
  3. Any of various long-handled tools with teeth or prongs at one end, used for gathering loose grass, hay, leaves, etc., or for smoothing broken ground
slant
A personal point of view or opinion:
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  1. A personal point of view or opinion:
  2. (Informal) A quick, oblique look; glance
  3. A line, plane, course, or direction that is other than perpendicular or horizontal; a slope.
slope
Any inclined line, surface, position, etc.; slant
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  1. Any inclined line, surface, position, etc.; slant
  2. (Math.) The trigonometric tangent of the positive angle formed between a given straight line and the x-axis of a pair of Cartesian coordinates
  3. (Mathematics) The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.
tilt
The condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
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  1. The condition or angle of being tilted; slope or slant
  2. A tendency to favor one side in a dispute:
  3. An inclination from the horizontal or vertical; a slant:
cumshaw
A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
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  1. A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service
  2. A tip or gratuity
gratuity
A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.
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  1. A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.
largess
The gifts or money given in such a way.
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  1. The gifts or money given in such a way.
  2. (Uncountable) Generosity in the giving of gifts or money.
  3. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
perquisite
Something additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment, esp. something customary or expected
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  1. Something additional to regular profit or pay, resulting from one's position or employment, esp. something customary or expected
  2. A tip or gratuity
  3. A payment, profit, or benefit received in addition to a regular wage or salary, especially when due or expected.
pointer
A person or thing that points
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  1. A person or thing that points
  2. A piece of advice; a suggestion:
  3. (Computers) A symbol appearing on a display screen in a GUI that lets the user select a command by clicking with a pointing device or pressing the enter key when the pointer symbol is positioned on the appropriate button or icon.
steer
A young ox, especially one castrated before sexual maturity and raised for beef.
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  1. A young ox, especially one castrated before sexual maturity and raised for beef.
  2. (Informal) A suggestion on how to proceed; tip
  3. (Informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
tip-off
A tip; confidential disclosure, hint, or warning
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  1. A tip; confidential disclosure, hint, or warning
  2. (Idiomatic) An obvious clue or indication.
  3. An indication of an otherwise unknown fact or probability:
talk
To speak or know how to speak (a language or a language variety):
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  1. To speak or know how to speak (a language or a language variety):
  2. To utter or pronounce words:
  3. To speak about or discuss (something) or give expression to (something):
tattle
To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
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  1. To reveal (something about someone) to another, as through gossiping.
  2. To reveal other people's secrets; tell tales
  3. To talk idly; chatter; gossip
fink
To inform (on)
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  1. To inform (on)
  2. (Chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust.
  3. To withhold promised support or participation:
rat
(Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
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  1. (Slang) To work as a scab laborer.
  2. (Slang) To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about someone, especially to a person in authority:
  3. (Slang) To inform on or betray (someone)
sing
(Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
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  1. (Slang) To give information or evidence against someone.
  2. To proclaim or extol something in verse.
  3. (Music) To produce the musical sound of:
snitch
To be an informer; tattle (on)
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  1. To be an informer; tattle (on)
  2. To act as an informer:
  3. To steal (something, usually something of little value); pilfer:
squeal
(Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
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  1. (Slang) To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
  2. To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound.
  3. To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone.
stool
(Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
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  1. (Slang) To act as a stool pigeon.
  2. To put out shoots in the form of a stool
  3. (Botany) To send up shoots or suckers.
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