deep throat

noun

Definition of deep throatnext
as in informant
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

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  1. informant
  2. informer
  3. canary
  4. stool pigeon
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Mikey Madison stars as Frances Haugen, a Facebook employee turned informant who provided documents to The Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White.
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • These days, the actress who played mafiosa girlfriend turned wacked FBI informant Adriana, is still in the entertainment industry and recently started an OnlyFans page.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of informant
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informer
Noun
  • Astronauts bring them on journeys to keep an eye on whether or not the water filtration systems are working, much the way miners used to take canaries down to the coal mines to check for poisonous gas leaks.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • She’s made room for dozens of pets over the years, ranging from fluffy Chow Chows and Frenchies (her favorite breeds) to canaries, chinchillas, and beautifully fluffy cats.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of canary
Noun
  • Once an unconscious stool pigeon, always an unconscious stool pigeon.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Russo turned stool pigeon within a month of his November 2017 arrest for selling a kilo of cocaine to an undercover agent.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of stool pigeon
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“Deep throat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deep%20throat. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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