Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ratfink
Participle: ratfinked
Gerund: ratfinking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ratfink |
| you | ratfink |
| he;she;it | ratfinks |
| we | ratfink |
| you | ratfink |
| they | ratfink |
Perfect
| I | have ratfinked |
| you | have ratfinked |
| he;she;it | has ratfinked |
| we | have ratfinked |
| you | have ratfinked |
| they | have ratfinked |
Past
| I | ratfinked |
| you | ratfinked |
| he;she;it | ratfinked |
| we | ratfinked |
| you | ratfinked |
| they | ratfinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had ratfinked |
| you | had ratfinked |
| he;she;it | had ratfinked |
| we | had ratfinked |
| you | had ratfinked |
| they | had ratfinked |
Future
| I | will ratfink |
| you | will ratfink |
| he;she;it | will ratfink |
| we | will ratfink |
| you | will ratfink |
| they | will ratfink |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ratfinked |
| you | will have ratfinked |
| he;she;it | will have ratfinked |
| we | will have ratfinked |
| you | will have ratfinked |
| they | will have ratfinked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ratfink |
| you | ratfink |
| he;she;it | ratfink |
| we | ratfink |
| you | ratfink |
| they | ratfink |
Perfect
| I | have ratfinked |
| you | have ratfinked |
| he;she;it | have ratfinked |
| we | have ratfinked |
| you | have ratfinked |
| they | have ratfinked |
Imperfect
| I | ratfinked |
| you | ratfinked |
| he;she;it | ratfinked |
| we | ratfinked |
| you | ratfinked |
| they | ratfinked |
Pluperfect
| I | had ratfinked |
| you | had ratfinked |
| he;she;it | had ratfinked |
| we | had ratfinked |
| you | had ratfinked |
| they | had ratfinked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ratfink |
| you | would ratfink |
| he;she;it | would ratfink |
| we | would ratfink |
| you | would ratfink |
| they | would ratfink |
Perfect
| I | would have ratfinked |
| you | would have ratfinked |
| he;she;it | would have ratfinked |
| we | would have ratfinked |
| you | would have ratfinked |
| they | would have ratfinked |
Imperative
| you | ratfink |
| we | Let's ratfink |
| you | ratfink |
Verbs conjugated like 'ratfink'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ratfink'
rat-fink,
athink,
ratfuck,
rethink,
affine,
atwind,
batik,
bethink,
catfish,
hatfish,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From rat + fink.
Sample Sentences
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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: House of Representatives, volume 435, Wellington, N.Z.: P. D. Hasselberg, government printer, published 1981, →OCLC, page 5237:]
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The dumb bastard says he never rat-finks on a woman. They're too precious, he tells me. And he should know. He has had many of them. [1992, Sean Flannery, Moving Targets, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN:]
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There's a breed of people in every office who breed problems around them—ratfinking about your long lunch breaks, revealing confidential salary information, blaming everyone for every error. [1999, Karen Salmansohn, The 30-day Plan to Whip Your Career into Submission: Transform Yourself from Job Slave into the Master of Your Destiny in just One Month, 1st trade paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, →ISBN:]
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On Feb. 11, McLeod officials marched into the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] to relate this story, just as Netscape rat-finked on Microsoft to the Department of Justice. FCC officials demanded that Qwest tell them what the heck was going on. [2000 May 1, David [Stephenson] Rohde, “Qwest's Behind-the-scenes Merger Maneuver”, in John Dix, editor, Network World, volume 17, number 18, Southborough, Mass.: Network World, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:]
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Take a three-inch notepad (similar to a Post-It note), and print a large, brightly colored letter on it. […] "T" stands for "Tattle Tale." Punishment for rat-finking on the other child. [2010, Jill Milligan, Michael Milligan, “Creative Moms: Putting the 'D-I-S' in 'D-I-S-C-I-P-L-I-N-E'”, in Mom Rules: Notes on Motherhood, the World's Best Job, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:]
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I shoved Sahlil off of me. He fell backward on my bed. "What? Who the hell rat finked on me?" [2016, Mo (Monique) Daviau, Every Anxious Wave, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 88:]