deep throat

deep throat

noun, often capitalized D&T

Definition of DEEP THROAT

: an informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity

Examples of DEEP THROAT

1. <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>

Origin of DEEP THROAT

from the nickname given to such an informant in the Watergate scandal by Bob Woodward b1943 United States journalist, from the title of a pornographic film (1972)

First Known Use: 1973

Related to DEEP THROAT

Synonyms: betrayer, canary [slang], informer, fink, informant, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whistle-blower

Related Words: collaborator; blabber, blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, leaker; snoop, snooper, spy; notifier

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Rhymes with DEEP THROAT

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