Definition of deep throat
:an informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity
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often capitalized D&T
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Examples of deep throat in a Sentence
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 and Etymology of deep throat
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)
deep throat Synonyms
Synonyms
betrayer, canary [slang], informer, fink, informant, nark [British], rat, rat fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, whistle-blowerRelated Words
collaborator; blabber, blabbermouth, gossip, gossiper, leaker; snoop, snooper, spy; notifierLearn More about deep throat
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