fink out

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fingk out]
- /fɪŋk aʊt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fingk out]
- /fɪŋk aʊt/

Definitions of fink out words

noun fink out a strikebreaker. 1
noun fink out a labor spy. 1
noun fink out an informer; stool pigeon. 1
noun fink out a contemptible or thoroughly unattractive person. 1
verb without object fink out to inform to the police; squeal. 1
verb without object fink out to act as a strikebreaker; scab. 1

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Origin of fink out

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 out

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exclamation

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fink out 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.

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