Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, slang)To betray a trust; to inform on.

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More definitions
  • take the place of work of someone on strike
  • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I've got no respect for finks, snitches, or tattle-tales.

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  2. That damn fink is asking for it!

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to betray a trust:

Origin

Unknown; first attested in 1894. A connection to Yiddish as some propose is unlikely.

Unknown; first attested in 1894. A connection to Yiddish as some propose is unlikely.

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Forms

finks, finking, finked, finked
Base formfink · to fink
3rd person singularfinks
Present participlefinking
Past simplefinked
Past participlefinked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfink
he, she, itfinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsfinked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave finked
he, she, ithas finked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fink

Synonyms

8 synonyms
informB1grass upsnitch
Close in meaning
  • take the place of work of someone on strike:scabratblackleg
  • confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure:confesssqueal

Word family

1 related words
Derivedfink out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
finishA1finitefirfireA1
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