Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: fink  fingk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
    - snitch [informal], snitcher [informal], stoolpigeon [informal], stool pigeon [informal], stoolie [N. Amer, informal], sneak [informal], canary [N. Amer], snout [Brit, informal], grass [Brit, informal]
Verb: fink  fingk
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Take the place of work of someone on strike
    - scab, rat [informal], blackleg [Brit]
     
  2. Admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
    - confess, squeal

Derived forms: finked, finking, finks

Type of: acknowledge, admit, betrayer, blabber [informal], do work, informer, rat [informal], squealer, work

Encyclopedia: Fink, Richard