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noun
- A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard
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noun
- (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- Donny, you ! You forgot to put the milk in the fridge and now it's spoiled!
| | fighting fish |
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noun
- a small aggressive freshwater fish, of the genus Betta, from Thailand
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noun
- Small rayless non-retractable fins between the last dorsal fin, dorsalor anal fin and the caudal fin of some fishes.
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noun (collectively (UK) or (US) and when referring to two or more kinds fishes or informally fishies)
- (countable) A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
- We have many in our aquarium.
- (context, possibly archaic) Any vertebrates that lives in water and cannot live outside it.
- (context, collectively) (plural of, fish)
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- (countable) A type of fish.
- Salmon is a .
- God created all the fishes of the world.
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- (uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
- The seafood pasta had lots of but not enough pasta.
- (countable) A period of time spent fishing.
- The at the lake didn't prove successful.
- (countable) An instance of seeking something.
- Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.
- (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain pairs of cards.
- (context, uncountable, derogatory, slang) Women.
- (slang) An easy victim for swindle, swindling.
verb (fish, es)
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish, whether successfully or not.
- She went to the river to for trout.
- (context, intransitive, followed by "about," "around," "through," etc.) To attempt to find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
- Why are you fishing through in my things?
- (context, intransitive, followed by "around") To attempt to obtain information by talking to people.
- The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
- (context, intransitive, cricket) Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.
- (context, transitive, followed by "for") To attempt to get hold of (an object) that is among other objects.
- He was fishing for in his pocket the keys.
- (context, transitive, figurative, followed by "for") To attempt to gain.
- The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
adjective
- Of or relating to fish.
- It was a fine dinner.
- Of or relating to fishing.
- Put the worm on a hook.
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noun (flatfish, pl2=flatfishes)
- A fish of the order Pleuronectiformes, the adults of which have both eyes on one side and usually swim with the other side down, such as a flounder, a halibut, or a sole.
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proper noun
- The Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia.
- Their Salishan language.
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noun
- Something that fly, flies.
- Someone who pilots or rides in an airplane.
- (Mainly US) A leaflet, often for advertising.
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noun (flounder)
- (countable) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
verb
- (intransitive) To flop around as a fish out of land
- (intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.
- Robert yanked Connie's leg vigorously, causing her to and eventually fall.
- (intransitive) To act clumsy, clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
- He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
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noun
- A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
- The first goal was just a .
- Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- The dolphin had an open wound on the left of its tail where the propeller had injured it.
- (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- The of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.
- A flounder.
- 1949 The Origin of Medical Terms Henry Skinner
- The fluke or flounder is a flat fish and the parasitic worm was so-named from a fancied resemblance to the fish.
- A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
- The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.
- A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill
- Etymology 1, bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- The polearm had a wide, sharpened attached to the central point.
- In general, an offshoot from a central piece.
- After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.
verb (fluk, ed)
- (context, snooker) To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance from a bad shot.
- He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.
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noun
- A tropical marine fish of the family Exocoetidae, having enlarged winglike pectoral fins enabling it to escape predators by taking short gliding flights through the air.
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noun - Any tropical marine fish of the family of Dactylopteridae having immense wing-like pectoral fins used to glide through the water
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noun
- (food) blowfish, Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.
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