- fink⇄expr. fink out, (U.S. Slang.)
a. to back out; retreat.
Ex. Naturally, ARENA [a Brazilian political party] dominated Congress and so when Castella Branco decreed that the next President would be elected by Congress, the opposition finked out - fink⇄fink, noun, verb.
(U.S. Slang.) - fink⇄noun 1. a spy or informer, especially on union activities.
2. strikebreaker.
3. an undesirable or inferior person.
Ex. He was not dangerous but pathetic. A fink (Norman Mailer). - fink⇄v.i. (Slang.) to act as an informer.
Ex. As long as an inmate ... minds his own business and doesn't ever fink on others, he will not be molested (Canadian Saturday Night).