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Meaning
Noun
●
A
cold-blooded
vertebrate
animal
that
lives in
water,
moving
with the help of
fins
and
breathing
with gills.
●
Any
animal
(or any
vertebrate
) that
lives
exclusively
in water.
●
In Newfoundland English:
Cod;
cod
fish.
●
The
flesh
of
the fish
used as food.
●
A
card game
in which the
object
is to
obtain
cards
in pairs
or
sets
of
four
(
depending on
the
variation
), by
asking
the other
players
for
cards
of a particular rank.
⚠️
A woman.
●
An
easy
victim
for swindling.
●
In Poker:
A
bad
poker player
. Compare
shark
(a good
poker player
).
●
In Nautical:
A
makeshift
overlapping
longitudinal
brace
,
originally
shaped
roughly
like a
fish
, used to
temporarily
repair
or
extend
a
spar
or
mast
of a ship.
●
In Nautical:
A
purchase
used to
fish
the anchor.
●
In Military & Nautical:
A
torpedo
(self-propelled
explosive
device).
●
In Zoology:
A
paraphyletic
grouping
of the
following
extant
taxonomic
groups:
Class Myxini, the
hagfish
(no vertebrae)
Class Petromyzontida, the
lampreys
(no jaw)
●
In Zoology & Fish:
A
paraphyletic
grouping
of the
following
extant
taxonomic
groups:
Within
infraphylum
Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates
(also including Tetrapoda))
Class Chondrichthyes,
cartilaginous fish
such as
sharks
and rays
Within
infraphylum
Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates
(also including Tetrapoda));Superclass Osteichthyes,
bony
fish.
●
In Cartomancy:
The
thirty-fourth
Lenormand card.
●
A new (usually
vulnerable
) prisoner.
🤬
In Jamaican English:
A
male homosexual
; a
gay
man.
●
A
period of time
spent
fishing.
●
An
instance
of
seeking
something.
●
A
counter
, used in various games.
●
In Genetics:
Acronym of
fluorescent
in situ
hybridization
: a
molecular
cytogenetic
technique
used to
identify
whether a DNA
sample
has a specific sequence.
Verb
●
To
hunt
fish
or other
aquatic
animals
in a body of water.
●
To
search
(a
body of water
) for something
other than
fish.
●
In Fishing:
To use as
bait
when fishing.
●
To (attempt to) find or
get hold of
an
object
by
searching
among other
object
s.
●
To
talk to
people in an
attempt
to get them to
say
something, or
seek
to
obtain
something by artifice.
●
In Cricket:
Of a
batsman
, to
attempt
to
hit
a
ball
outside
off stump
and
miss
it.
●
In Nautical:
To
repair
(a
spar
or
mast
) by
fastening
a
beam
or other long
object
(often called a
fish
) over the
damaged
part (see Noun above).
●
In Nautical:
To
hoist
the
flukes
of.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
fish
English
fiscian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Fish
Mark
Donkey
Donk
Rummage
Rifle
Angle
Torpedo
Dupe
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Rhymes
Ish
Wish
Dish
Fish
Kish
Nish
Bish
Tish
Ghoti
Knish
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