fink

See also: Fink

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

fink (plural finks)

1. (chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.

Synonyms

• (Someone who betrays a trust): betrayer, traitor

Verb

fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle finking, simple past and past participle finked)

1. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust.

Derived terms

• fink out

References

• “fink” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “fink” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007) (lists 3 noun and 2 verb senses, all of which are characterized as dated)
• "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “fink” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• fing

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spinga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”), identical with Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “id”), English spink, Old Norse spiki (“kind of bird”). One might also consider a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *finkōn (“finch”), possibly Balkan Gothic.

Noun

fink m (indefinite plural finkë, definite singular finku, definite plural finkët)

1. finch

Related terms

• beng