Fink

English

Noun

Fink (plural Finks)

1. (chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.

Verb

Fink (third-person singular simple present Finks, present participle Finking, simple past and past participle Finked)

1. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust.

Thesaurus

bear witness against, betray, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, blackleg, blow the whistle, canary, delator, inform against, inform on, informer, narc, nark, peach, peacher, rat, scab, sell out, snitch, snitch on, snitcher, spy, squeal, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, strikebreaker, talebearer, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tell on, telltale, testify against, tipster, turn informer, whistle-blower

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

References

• "fink" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation. Lists 3 noun and 2 verb senses, all of which are characterized as dated.
• "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
• "fink" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary, © Oxford University Press, 2007.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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German

Etymology

Old High German finco.

Noun

Fink m. (genitive Finken, plural Finken</span>)

1. finch