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Synonyms for finked
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fingk |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪŋk |
Top 10 synonyms for finked Other synonyms for the word finked
- affirm
- allow
- attest
- aver
- avow
- betray
- blow
- blow the whistle
- chirp
- clue in
- come clean
- come out
- dump on
- evince
- finger
- fink
- grant
- humble oneself
- inform
- leak
- let on
- level with
- make clean breast of
- manifest
- narrate
- open one's heart
- own
- own up
- peach
- post
- rat
- rat on
- recognize
- relate
- reveal
- sing
- snitch
- sound off
- spill the beans
- spit out
- squeal
- talk
- tip hand
- turn in
- unload
- vent
- weasel
Définition of finked
Origin :- 1902, of uncertain origin, possibly from German Fink "a frivolous or dissolute person," originally "finch;" the German word also had a sense of "informer" (cf. stool pigeon). The other theory traces it to Pinks, short for Pinkerton agents, the private police force hired to break up the 1892 Homestead strike. As a verb, 1925 in American English slang. Related: Finked; finking.
- As in sing : verb tattle on someone
- As in confess : verb admit, confirm
- My knows it, said Tod meekly: an my mammas so pur-sistent; might have finked she would.
- Extract from : « Maybee's Stepping Stones » by Archie Fell
- "I've finked now," observed Rob, quite at his ease, and eager to win the entree into this delightful circle.
- Extract from : « Little Men » by Louisa May Alcott
- P'r'aps by the morning I'll have finked of something very nice—then won't you be glad?
- Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
Antonyms for finked
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