canary

Meanings

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
• a female singer
• a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
• any of several small Old World finches
• having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

Synonyms

canary bird, canary yellow, canary-yellow, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon