to fink

Examples

• All

• Maybe John finked on himself.

  River's Edge (1986)

• You put a lot of bodies in the slammer, Bat fink.

  Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)

• The next time you fink on us, we knife you.

  Meet the Applegates (1990)

• And maybe you finked on him.

  River's Edge (1986)

• What do you mean, finked on them?

  Within Our Gates (1920)

• You shouldn't have finked on them, Dad.

  Within Our Gates (1920)

• You finked on John.

  River's Edge (1986)

• He was blamed whenever one of the workers was caught stealing—they said he "finked" on them.

  Academic text (1997)

• He didn't want to fink on his friends even though he was being pressured to tell the truth.

• After being caught, she regretted that she had finked on her co-workers to save herself.

Synonyms

C

to confess

vsto fink

576 3.0

To say you did something wrong or illegal

often involves informing on others rather than a simple personal admission

F

to fess up

vsto fink

• Informal

28 8.0

To say you did something wrong, often after being asked

usually means informing on others under pressure not just admitting oneself

S

to squeal

vsto fink

• Slang

22 6.8

To tell the police about other people who did a crime to avoid punishment

involves naming others under pressure rather than protecting oneself

Antonyms

D

to deny

∞ 2.0

To say that something is not true

C

to conceal

282 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

Surface Forms

Etymology