stukachn.

/stuːˈkatʃ/

/stᵿˈkatʃ/

Forms: Plural stukachi.

Etymology: < Russian stukách, < stuchát′ , stúknut′ , lit. ‘to knock’, but in slang use ‘to talk’ (compare rap v.² 8a) and hence among criminals ‘to inform or “squeal”’.

slang.

In Russia: an informer; a ‘stool pigeon’.

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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer

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1969 Guardian Weekly 20 Dec. 8/4 The final unforgiveable accusation that any of Kuznetsov's former friends and colleagues can make against another of their fraternity is to say that he is a stukach—prison-camp slang for ‘Informer’.

1975 L. Schecter & J. Schecter Amer. Family in Moscow iii. 62 The friends of the defendants were equally spirited in defense. They called their taunters stukachi (informers) and asked them if they really believed that the Soviet troops in Prague were providing fraternal aid.

1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Sept. 68/5 Seryozha..made a disgusted noise. ‘That guy! I know him. He's a stukach—a stoolie—and a provocateur. Everybody says he works straight out of Lubyanka.’

1984 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 10/4 It is almost impossible for us to understand the importance in Communist life of the informer, the sneak, the stukach in Russian, who may be prepared to pass on anything he or she overhears you saying—at work, at school, even in the home.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	stukach
释义	stukachn. /stuːˈkatʃ//stᵿˈkatʃ/ Forms: Plural stukachi. Etymology: < Russian stukách, < stuchát′ , stúknut′ , lit. ‘to knock’, but in slang use ‘to talk’ (compare rap v.² 8a) and hence among criminals ‘to inform or “squeal”’. slang. In Russia: an informer; a ‘stool pigeon’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer setter1630 nose1789 mouchard1802 rat1818 stool-pigeon1830 knark1851 police informer1851 nark1859 telegraph1864 copper1885 sarbut1897 Noah's Ark1898 stool1906 snout1910 finger1914 policeman1923 stoolie1924 shelf1926 grass1929 grasshopper1937 grasser1950 stukach1969 supergrass1975 1969 Guardian Weekly 20 Dec. 8/4 The final unforgiveable accusation that any of Kuznetsov's former friends and colleagues can make against another of their fraternity is to say that he is a stukach—prison-camp slang for ‘Informer’. 1975 L. Schecter & J. Schecter Amer. Family in Moscow iii. 62 The friends of the defendants were equally spirited in defense. They called their taunters stukachi (informers) and asked them if they really believed that the Soviet troops in Prague were providing fraternal aid. 1980 N.Y. Times Mag. 7 Sept. 68/5 Seryozha..made a disgusted noise. ‘That guy! I know him. He's a stukach—a stoolie—and a provocateur. Everybody says he works straight out of Lubyanka.’ 1984 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 10/4 It is almost impossible for us to understand the importance in Communist life of the informer, the sneak, the stukach in Russian, who may be prepared to pass on anything he or she overhears you saying—at work, at school, even in the home. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1969
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