fink
noun
a strikebreaker.
finking
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present participleof fink.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But finking out in favor of the Chiefs is just about as low as I could go.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
Another song recalls Sterling Hayden, the tough-guy actor and star of "Johnny Guitar," who was wracked by guilt for finking on fellow actors during the McCarthy hearings in the 1950s.
From Reuters ● Jan. 19, 2012
Jacob looks like he’s finking about what to say.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
Car rental companies and mass transit and traffic authorities are watching where we go, sending us automated tickets, finking us out to busybodies, cops and bad guys who gain illicit access to their databases.
From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
I was only finking they'd be handier for you to get at in the cellar.
From The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon
