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noun

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The correct spelling is finks. A contemptible person. For example: "Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be."

Usage Examples

Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be.

I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution.

I tend to think of her as rather ugly.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A contemptible person.
  2. 2.An informer.
  3. 3.A strikebreaker.
  4. 4.Any of several birds in the family Ploceidae native to southern Africa.

verb

  1. 1.To betray a trust; to inform on.
  2. 2.To ponder, to go over in one's head.
  3. 3.To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
  4. 4.To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
  5. 5.To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

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