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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /fɪŋk/
fink means: Someone who secretly tells the police or another authority about someone else’s wrongdoing.
noun
Someone who secretly tells the police or another authority about someone else’s wrongdoing.
- Someone in the gang was a fink.
- The fink gave their names to the police.
- They stopped trusting him after discovering he was a fink.
A person you dislike because they behave badly or unfairly.
- That fink stole my lunch.
- What kind of fink cheats his own friends?
- She called him a rotten fink for breaking his promise.
A person who works while other workers refuse to work as a protest.
- The strikers called him a fink.
- Finks entered the factory through a side gate.
- The company hired finks to keep production going during the strike.
A kind of weaver bird found in southern Africa.
- A fink landed on the branch.
- We watched finks build nests from grass.
- The guide identified the small bird as a fink.
verb
To tell an authority about someone’s wrongdoing, breaking their trust.
- Please don’t fink on me.
- Someone finked to the police about the stolen car.
- He finked on his friends to avoid punishment.
Questions about fink
What does fink mean?
Someone who secretly tells the police or another authority about someone else’s wrongdoing.
What is fink in other languages?
Türkçe: muhbir · Español: soplón · Français: indic · Deutsch: Spitzel · Italiano: spia · 日本語: 密告者
How do you pronounce fink?
It is pronounced /fɪŋk/.
How do you use fink in a sentence?
Someone in the gang was a fink. The fink gave their names to the police.
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