rat fink

noun

Definition of rat finknext
1
as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing who's the sorry rat fink that went squealing to the cops?

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2
as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others regrets ever doing business with that rat fink, who cheated him out of gobs of money

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  1. informant
  2. informer
  3. jerk
  4. canary
  5. dog
  6. clown
  7. rat
  8. joker
Noun
  • After receiving information from this informant, authorities were able to test Gonzalez’s DNA against the Gatorade bottle and airbags in the car, when Gonzalez was arrested in an unrelated car theft investigation last April, according to court records.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Intentionally or not, this makes Cal’s conversation with Armand, his unwilling informant inside Dwight’s organization, harder to take seriously.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of informant
Noun
  • Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
  • Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
    Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Definition of informer
Noun
  • Or averred that Biden was sharp as a tack and that anyone who suggested otherwise was a jerk.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The extra that was shot by accident earlier this season was one such obnoxious jerk.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of jerk
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  • These are the canaries in the coal mine for both parties, highly competitive races in states that report their votes early and quickly.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Speaking of comeuppance, Hal was right to flag Dennison’s co-conspirator backing out of the party, as that guy seems to have been the canary in the coalmine.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of canary
Noun
  • According to LifeLine, the DeKalb shelter takes in 135 dogs a week on average.
    Jim Gaines, ajc, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The remains were found by two men who were running their dogs and looking for rocks, according to DNASolves.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
Definition of dog
Noun
  • It Chapter Two is down to clown, again — in a bloody, silly, overwrought sequel Moving down the tension scale to thrillers, Netflix is offloading a few particularly popular titles.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • An 8-year-old girl fought back against an attacker wearing a clown mask who is accused of assaulting her in her bedroom earlier this month, police said.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of clown
Noun
  • Research published in 2019 showed that levels of DMT in rat brains spike during cardiac arrest, lending some substance to a link between DMT and near-death experiences.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Sharing a few sweet snaps on Instagram, Underwood and Brown matched in chef costumes while Bishop rocked a little rat onesie to recreate the cast of Disney's Ratatouille.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of rat
Noun
  • Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22) Playing practical joker?
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • These psychological and professional maneuverings are, from the start, shuffled madly by a joker in the deck, whose introduction to the story is a mark of Bodet’s cinematographic and comedic inspiration.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
Definition of joker
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