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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fink /fɪŋk/USA pronunciation n. [countable][Slang.]- Slang Termsan informer;
stool pigeon. - Slang Termsa contemptible person.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fink (fingk),USA pronunciation [Slang.]n. - Slang Termsa strikebreaker.
- Slang Termsa labor spy.
- Slang Termsan informer;
stool pigeon. - Slang Termsa contemptible or thoroughly unattractive person.
v.i. - Slang Termsto inform to the police;
squeal. - Slang Termsto act as a strikebreaker;
scab. - Slang Terms fink out:
- to withdraw from or refuse to support a project, activity, scheme, etc.;
renege:He said he'd lend me his motorcycle, but he finked out. - to become untrustworthy.
- 1900–05, American; compared with German Fink literally, finch, colloquial epithet for an undesirable person, esp. an untidy or loose-living one (often in compounds, as Duckfink sycophant, Schmierfink untidy writer); but the transmission of this word to English and the range of meanings of the English word have not been clarified fully
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fink /fɪŋk/ slang chiefly US Canadian n - a strikebreaker; blackleg
- an informer, such as one working for the police; spy
- an unpleasant, disappointing, or contemptible person
vb - (intransitive) often followed by on: to inform (on someone), as to the police
Etymology: 20th Century: of uncertain origin |