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- [fingk]
- /fɪŋk/
- /fɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fingk]
- /fɪŋk/
Definitions of fink word
- noun fink a strikebreaker. 1
- noun fink a labor spy. 1
- noun fink an informer; stool pigeon. 1
- noun fink a contemptible or thoroughly unattractive person. 1
- verb without object fink to inform to the police; squeal. 1
- verb without object fink to act as a strikebreaker; scab. 1
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Origin of fink
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05, Americanism; compared with German Fink literally, finch, colloquial epithet for an undesirable person, especially 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
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Parts of speech for Fink
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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fink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fink usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fink
noun fink
- squealer — a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- rat — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- stoolie — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- snake — any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- snitch — to snatch or steal; pilfer.
verb fink
- level with — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- ratting — any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- blurt out — If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
adjective fink
- untrustworthy — deserving of trust or confidence; dependable; reliable: The treasurer was not entirely trustworthy.
- fair-weather — used in or intended for fair weather only.
- trustless — not worthy of trust; faithless; unreliable; false: He was trustless when money was involved.
- unassured — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
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