Antonyms for finking
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fingk |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪŋk |
Definition of finking
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
- He was trying to make no noise, so he wouldn't wake me, finking I was asleep.
- Extract from : « Oonomoo the Huron » by Edward S. Ellis
- Where the hell did my subway pass get off on finking me out for having a "nonstandard ride pattern?"
- Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
Synonyms for finking
- acknowledge
- affirm
- allow
- assert
- attest
- aver
- avow
- betray
- blow
- blow the whistle
- blurt out
- chirp
- clue in
- come clean
- come out
- concede
- confide
- declare
- disclose
- divulge
- 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
- profess
- prove
- rat
- rat on
- recognize
- relate
- reveal
- sing
- snitch
- sound off
- spill the beans
- spit out
- squeal
- talk
- tip hand
- turn in
- unload
- vent
- weasel
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