fink on someone

fink on someone
fink on someone
Sl. to inform parents, the authorities, etc. on someone. •

You're not going to fink on me, are you?

Chuck finked on all of us.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • fink — fink1 [fıŋk] n AmE informal old fashioned [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Perhaps from German, finch, student not belonging to a student association ] 1.) someone who tells the police, a teacher, or a parent when someone else breaks a rule or a law 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fink — /fɪŋk / (say fingk) noun Colloquial 1. a contemptible or undesirable person, especially one who reneges on an undertaking. 2. someone who betrays his or her associates, as an informer. 3. a strikebreaker or blackleg. {US; ? from German Fink… …  

  • fink out (on someone or something) — in. o decide not to cooperate with someone or something (after all). □ Come on, don’t fink out on us now. □ Bob finked out on the plan …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • fink — 1 noun (C) AmE informal old fashioned 1 someone who tells the police, a teacher, or a parent when someone else breaks a rule or a law 2 someone you dislike because they do cruel or unkind things 2 verb (I) AmE informal old fashioned to tell the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fink — 1. noun Someone who betrays a trust. 2. verb To betray a trust …   Wiktionary

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