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ratfinking

ratfinking is the present participle and gerund of ratfink.

Meaning of ratfink

Verb

ratfink (third-person singular simple present ratfinks, present participle ratfinking, simple past and past participle ratfinked)

  1. (Canada, US, transitive) To inform on; to betray.
    • It led to some rather incredible and colourful claims in the submission by the union that the employers had ratfinked on previous agreements.1980 November 21, Anthony George Malcolm, “Agricultural Workers Amendment Bill: Report of Labour and Education Committee”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament...

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Forms of ratfinking

alternative formrat finking
alternative formrat-finking

Questions about ratfinking

What is ratfinking the present participle and gerund of?
Ratfinking is the present participle and gerund of ratfink.

Words near ratfinking in the dictionary

  1. ratface
  2. ratfaced
  3. ratfaces
  4. ratfink
  5. ratfinked
  6. ratfinking
  7. ratfinks
  8. ratfish
  9. ratfishes
  10. ratfolk
  11. Ratfor

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