fink
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(fĭngk) 
Slang.
n.
Slang.n.
- A contemptible person.
- An informer.
- A hired strikebreaker.
- To inform against another person.
- To withhold promised support or participation: They said they'd help us, but then finked out.
[Origin unknown.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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fink
also fink out
noun
- One who gives incriminating information about others: informant, informer, tattler, tattletale. Informal rat, tipster. Slang snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon. See knowledge/ignorance, law.
verb
- To give incriminating information about others, especially to the authorities: inform, talk, tattle, tip3 (off). Slang rat, sing, snitch, squeal, stool. Idioms: blow the whistle. See knowledge/ignorance, law.
phrasal verb - fink out
- To abandon a former position or commitment: back down (or out), renege, retreat. Slang cop out. See resist/yield.
McGraw-Hill Slang Dictionary:
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fink (on someone)
in. to inform on someone. Rocko never finks on his friends.
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- fink
noun
1: A despicable person, esp. one who behaves disloyally by informing on a colleague, being a blackleg, etc. (1903 —) .
R. Chandler Now he's looking for the fink that turned him up eight years ago (1940);
C. Williams Except for being a rat, a fink, a scab, a thug, and a goon, he's one of the sweetest guys you'll ever meet (1959). See also rat finknoun .
2: A detective. (1925 —) .verb intr .
3: To inform on. (1925 —) .
Rolling Stone The gang tries to sell their smack to a black hippie pusher who finks on them (1969).
[Origin unknown.] - fink
verb, Brit
Representing a casual or nonstandard pronunciation of 'think'. (1888 —) .
N. Marsh Makes you fink, don't it? (1962).
| finito, finger, financial | |
| finnip, firewater, fish |
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categories related to 'fink'
- Morality or Character
- Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - fink: (vb) Slang. betray or inform on someone; (n) one who does this; ratfink
- Police Procedures and Detection - fink: Slang. informer
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This article is about the open source project. For other uses, see Fink (disambiguation).
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 Screenshot of Fink running in Terminal |
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| Stable release | binary distribution 0.9.0 / June 26, 2008 |
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| Preview release | source distribution 0.32.3 / February 16, 2012 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Perl |
| Operating system | Mac OS X |
| Type | Package Management |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.finkproject.org |
The Fink project is an effort to port and package open-source Unix programs to Mac OS X. Fink uses dpkg and APT (Debian's package management system), as well as its own frontend program, fink (which is implemented as a set of Perl modules).
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Implementation
Fink features a binary distribution for quick and easy installation, as well as a source distribution for users preferring more flexibility. In addition to command-line tools for handling packages, FinkCommander provides a GUI. The user can configure Fink to utilize the stable or unstable tree for packages. The unstable tree typically has newer releases, but has not stood the test of time.
Fink can be used to install newer versions of packages installed by Mac OS X or to install packages not included in Mac OS X. Fink stores all its data in the directory "/sw" by default (though this can be changed if initially compiling fink itself from source code). This goes against the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard's recommendation to use "/usr/local"; the reasons given in the Fink FAQ are that other installers might overwrite Fink's files under "/usr/local", and that having an entirely separate directory makes it easier to disable the binaries and libraries that Fink installs.[1] Within Fink's directory, a FHS-like layout (/sw/bin, /sw/include, /sw/lib, etc.) is used.
History
The Fink project was started in December 2000 by German hacker Christoph Pfisterer. The name Fink is German for finch and is a reference to the name of the Mac OS X core, Darwin; Charles Darwin's study of diversity among finches led him eventually to the concept of evolution.
Christoph Pfisterer left the project in November 2001.[2] Since then, several people have stepped in and picked up support for Fink and as of March 2008, the project is managed by 6 administrators, 89 developers, and a very active community. The Fink community released support for Mac OS X v10.4 on 18 Feb. 2006 and for Mac OS X Leopard on the day it was released (26 October 2007).
See also
- MacPorts (formerly called DarwinPorts)
- Gentoo/Alt
- Pkgsrc
- Homebrew
References
- ^ "Fink - F.A.Q - General". http://www.finkproject.org/faq/general.php. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
- ^ Pfisterer, Christian. "Christoph Pfisterer resigns from the fink project.". http://lists.apple.com/archives/Studentdev/2001/Nov/msg00190.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
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Translations:
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Fink
Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stikker, skruebrækker, løjser, detektiv
v. intr. - komme ynkelig til kort, bakke ud
2.
n. - væverfugl
Nederlands (Dutch)
verklikker, pispaaltje, iemand die een strijkend persoon vervangt, verklikken
Français (French)
1.
n. - (US) mouchard (péj), sale type
v. intr. - dénoncer (qn)
2.
n. - (Zool) pivert
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Petzer
2.
n. - Lockvogel, Spitzel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) λεχρίτης, χαφιές, απεργοσπάστης
v. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) καταδίδω, καρφώνω
Português (Portuguese)
n. - delator (m)
v. - delatar
Русский (Russian)
мент, стукач
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - delator, chivato, soplón
v. intr. - delatar
2.
n. - clase de pájaro tejedor
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjallare, strejkbrytare, knöl (person)
v. - tjalla, vara strejkbrytare
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
破坏罢工的人, 密探, 告发人, 向警方告密, 做工贼
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 破壞罷工的人, 密探, 告發人
v. intr. - 向警方告密, 做工賊
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 밀고자, 마음에 안 드는 놈
v. intr. - 밀고하다
2.
n. - (아프리카 산의) 세의 일종
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スパイ, スト破り
v. - 密告する, スト破りをやる
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) المخبر , الواشي (فعل) يخبر , يشي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מלשין, מושתל, מפר שביתה
v. intr. - הלשין, חזר בו מ-, איכזב
n. - סוג של ציפור אורגת
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