Catfish

What do we mean by catfish?

Any of numerous scaleless, chiefly freshwater fishes of the order Siluriformes, characteristically having whiskerlike barbels extending from the upper jaw. noun

In Victoria and New South Wales, a fresh-water fish, Copidoglanis tandanus. noun

A name of the wolf-fish, Anarrhichas lupus, from its dentition and its ferocity when caught. See wolf-fish. noun

A name generally given in the United States to species of the family Siluridæ, which when taken out of the water emit a sound like the purring of a cat. noun

A name given in some parts of England to the weever, Trachinus draco. noun

A local English name of the scyllioid shark, Scyllium catulus. noun

A local English name of the torsk, Brosmius brosme. noun

A name in New Zealand for fishes of the family Uranoscopidæ, especially the Ichthyscopus monopterygius. noun

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See bullhrad. noun

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, that are mainly found in freshwater, are without scales, and have barbels like whiskers around the mouth. noun

A person who sets up or runs a false puppet social networking identity profile for fraudulent or deceptive purposes noun

Large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins noun

Any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth noun

Flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed noun

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth

A fake or stolen online identity created or used for the purposes of beginning a deceptive relationship. Urban Dictionary

Catfish is someone who makes a fake account of someone on social media (Instagram, Facebook, tinder) to lure into a relationship with a false identity. Urban Dictionary

You think you're talking to a fit bird and your actually talking to a 40-year-old obese plumber called Steve from Dorset who is wanking into a half-full bag of wotsits. Urban Dictionary

A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances. Urban Dictionary

Someone who pretends to be someone they're not online to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances. Urban Dictionary

Someone who pretends to be someone they are not online to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances. From the 2010 movie Catfish Urban Dictionary

Despite what the other definitions on here say, a person who catfishes online is not a catfish. The term "catfishing" (online) derives from real-world fishing. The person who is catfishing puts the bait out there, and waits for someone to bite. The person who falls for the bait and believes the catfisher is the catfish. Urban Dictionary

1 bottom feeder 2 not a filet Urban Dictionary

A dirty fish that folk fry and eat with the head on. Urban Dictionary

Bearded Lady, hairy woman, women with lots of facial hair Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to catfish:
catfish, batfish, cattish, ratfish, cat fish, cat-fish.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word catfish:
redear, crappie, bluegill, muskellunge, sunfish, largemouth, arius, bullhead, walleye, tilapia, flathead, pickerel, orinoco, carp, perch, bream, crayfish, stocked, shad, gar, striped, chub, endemic, brackish, sucker, freshwater, trout, pectoral, mekong, eel, sturgeon, barb, alligator, paran, aquaculture, aquarium, bony, congo, burundi, eels, shrimp, fish, basin, suriname, bass, pike, amazon, boating, guiana, guyana, bait, gabon, fishes, crabs, muddy, cameroon, rainbow, venezuela, weigh, hunter, tanzania, zambia, fin, ecuador, species, shark, camping, fins, inhabit, nocturnal, fishing, fried, genus, brazil, cod, colombia, occurs, malawi, niger, peru, paraguay, length, salmon, bolivia, dorsal, nile, fisheries, drainage, invasive, spotted, reservoir, reaches, rivers, lake, mozambique, turtle, hybrid, belonging, deer, sauce.

Words that rhyme with catfish:
fish, dish, wish, tish, swish, ish, jellyfish, bish, shellfish, knish, starfish, dogfish, phish, commish, sunfish, whitefish, goldfish, kish, cuttlefish, crawfish, angelfish, swordfish, frisch, petri dish, whish, gish, go fish, redfish, flatfish, lish, sailfish, slish, pipefish, jewfish, mish, quish, needlefish, kishke, tuna fish, rish, dealfish, kettle of fish, goosefish, lungfish, trish, bony fish, tisch, chafing dish, fisch, side dish, cold fish, alms dish, odd fish, flying fish, queenfish, blish, angler fish, freshwater fish, misch, glish, isch, rainbow fish, food fish, risch, sucking fish, poor fish, flashlight fish, bottom fish, lancet fish, disch, icefish, bellows fish, butter dish, ocean sunfish, basket fish, anemone fish, biplane flying fish, crucifix fish, deepwater pipefish, game fish, wolf fish, butterfly fish, american smooth dogfish, kisch, sea crawfish, bisch, buffalo fish, saltwater fish, scorpion fish, porcupine fish, oyster fish, rock sunfish, surf fish, clown anemone fish, lake whitefish, frost fish, rough fish, soap dish, spotted sunfish, net fish.

Adjectives that are often used to describe catfish:
blue, fried, large, big, white, small, giant, african, electric, freshwater, pound, huge, raised, marine, fresh, european, armored, common, american, yellow, male, indian, cultured, female, sized, biggest, flathead, largest, water, juvenile, armoured, brown, blind, live, dead, nice, south, fine, enormous, larger, tiny, holy, hypophysectomized, wild, fat, tailed, nile, striped, asian, smaller, whiskered, gigantic, inch, north, down, ictalurid, hybrid, spotted, adult, occasional, suckermouth, tropical, bagrid, topsail, hardhead, size, infected, hungry, ocean, grilled, ugly, enough, parasitic, triploid, farmed, foot, slippery, neotropical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective catfish:
farming, row, farmers, blues, creek, stings, production, family, hunter, ponds, species, song, river, cole, farms, anglers, feed, soup, culture, fillets, mayfield, chubs, lake, producers, fish, farmer, eggs, bend, fingerlings, john, aristocracy, processing, stew, spines, sturgeon, cells, run, suppers, camp, carp, dinner, movement, metkovich, like, range, envenomation, club.

Consonant match to catfish:
cat fish, coat fish, cut fish.

Words that sound like catfish:
catfish, cat fish, codfish, cod fish, cattish, kaddish, catfight, caddish, cat fight, koi fish, cat face, catface, cowfish, ratfish, cat flea, cottage, crawfish, crayfish, kiddish, kadish, kingfish, catfood, cat food, catledge, catfishes, catfishing, batfish, cold fish, kodish, caught fire, cavefish, calvish, kertesz, whitefish, goatish, go fish, white fish, wet fish, headfish, cattle, cata, catus, kiddush, kadesh, catas, kaffa, catal, caffa, kapha, katal, cuttage, cafe, catty, cafes, catie, cuttlefish, caught it, caffee, catting, cattie, hatful, kaffir, kattie, cut it, caddis, hot fudge, kalish, kentish, catted, coltish, catch fire, cat eyes, catties, catto, caffey, katti, catlett, cafu, cat eye, catoe, catti, cat tail, catis, kaffee, kadis, cafo, cultish, cuttle fish, cat toy, catfights, catos, cattier, coatis, bait fish, baitfish, catic, coyish, kadett, cats feet, cat hole.