peach

[peech]Slang.

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verb (used without object)

to inform against an accomplice or associate.

verb (used with object)

to inform against; betray.

Origin of peach

1425–75; late Middle English peche, aphetic variant of Middle English apeche < Anglo-French apecher < Late Latin impedicāre to hold up. See impeach

Related formspeach·er, noun

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Related Words for peaching

talk, divulge, rat, inform, fink, betray, snitch, peach, disclose, blather, gab, reveal, babble, jabber, spill, gabble, tattle, mouth, yak, prattle

Examples from the Web for peaching

Historical Examples of peaching

We're going to hang you for peaching against your pals; and that's an end of the palaver.
My Friend The Murderer
A. Conan Doyle
Snitching is synonymous in thieves slang with nosing and peaching.
The Slang Dictionary
John Camden Hotten
That would have been peaching; that would have been blowing on us all.
The New Boys at Oakdale
Morgan Scott
"That canting hound has been peaching at last," quoth he to himself.
Mildred Arkell, (Vol 3 of 3)
Ellen Wood
Still, I am really very grateful to kind Mr Simson for not peaching.
Digby Heathcote
W.H.G. Kingston

British Dictionary definitions for peaching

peach

noun

a small rosaceous tree, Prunus persica, with pink flowers and rounded edible fruit: cultivated in temperate regionsSee also nectarine (def. 1)

the soft juicy fruit of this tree, which has a downy reddish-yellow skin, yellowish-orange sweet flesh, and a single stoneSee also nectarine (def. 2)

a pinkish-yellow to orange colour
(as adjective)a peach dress

informal a person or thing that is especially pleasing

Word Origin for peach

C14 peche, from Old French, from Medieval Latin persica, from Latin Persicum mālum Persian apple

peach

verb

(intr except in obsolete uses) slang to inform against an accomplice

Derived Formspeacher, noun

Word Origin for peach

C15: variant of earlier apeche, from French, from Late Latin impedicāre to entangle; see impeach

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Word Origin and History for peaching

peach

c.1400 (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French pesche "peach, peach tree" (Old North French peske, Modern French pêche), and directly from Medieval Latin pesca, from Late Latin pessica, variant of persica "peach, peach tree," from Latin malum Persicum, literally "Persian apple," translating Greek Persikon malon, from Persis "Persia" (see Persian).

In ancient Greek Persikos could mean "Persian" or "the peach." The tree is native to China, but reached Europe via Persia. By 1663 William Penn observed peaches in cultivation on American plantations. Meaning "attractive woman" is attested from 1754; that of "good person" is from 1904. Peaches and cream in reference to a type of complexion is from 1901. Peach blossom as a color is from 1702. Georgia has been the Peach State since 1939.

peach

"to inform against," 1560s (earlier "to accuse, indict, bring to trial," mid-15c.), a shortening of appeach, an obsolete variant of impeach. Related: Peached; peaching.