| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  f ngk |
| NOUN: | 1. Slang A contemptible person. 2. An informer. 3. A hired strikebreaker. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: finked, fink·ing, finks
1. To inform against another person. 2. To withhold promised support or participation: They said they'd help us, but then finked out. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Origin unknown.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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