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ratfinks

ratfinks is the plural of ratfink.

ratfinks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ratfink.

Meaning of ratfink

Noun

ratfink (plural ratfinks)

  1. (Canada, US) An informer or spy; a traitor.
    • The authors have facetiously labeled the contemplated musical as 'Ratfink', after the name of its central character, James J. Ratfink. Its title is not meant in a derogatory sense.1961 May 9, Louis Calta, “New Show Listed by Jones, Schmidt”, in The New York Times, volume 110, number 37726, page 43
    Synonyms:
    rat, fink
  2. (Canada, US, also, attributive) A dislikable or contemptible person.
    • Maxwell—or Maxie, as he was familiarly called by his once and former rat fink girlfriend—lived in a six-story walkup on a narrow street in Calm's Point, […]1999, Ed McBain [pseudonym; Evan Hunter], chapter 6, in The Last Dance: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (87th Precinct Mystery; 50), New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 150
    Synonyms:
    rat, fink
  3. (Canada, US) A strikebreaker.
    Synonyms:
    rat, fink, scab

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Forms of ratfinks

alternative formrat finks
alternative formrat-finks

Questions about ratfinks

What is ratfinks the plural of?
Ratfinks is the plural of ratfink.

Words near ratfinks in the dictionary

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

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