Fishy

Word FISHY
Character 5
Hyphenation fish y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Fishy"

What do we mean by fishy?

Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor. adjective

Cold or expressionless. adjective

Inspiring doubt or suspicion. adjective

Abounding in fish; inhabited by fish: as, the fishy flood.

Like fish; having a fish-like quality: as, a fishy taste or smell.

Extravagant, as a story; dubious or incredible, like many stories told about fishing and fishes. Compare fish-story.

Dull and expressionless, like the eye of a fish.

Equivocal, unsafe, or unsound, as a speculation or a course of conduct: as, a fishy venture.

Plucky; brave; sturdy and enduring; thorough and faithful in duty: as, fishy to the backbone; a fishy man.

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. adjective

Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. adjective

Diminutive of fish noun

Of, from, or similar to fish. adjective

Suspicious; inspiring doubt. adjective

Of or relating to or resembling fish adjective

Not as expected adjective

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.

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.

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

A torpedo.

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fishy

The word "fishy" in example sentences

The general odor of the man she loves, one woman states, is highly, sometimes even overwhelmingly, attractive to her; but the specific odor of the male sexual organs which she describes as fishy has no attraction. ❋ Havelock Ellis (1899)

What's fishy is Norwood originally beat Reed by 10% and now supposedly is losing by 0.8% ❋ Unknown (2009)

In regards to Gary Coleman and his death … it smelt fishy from the beginning. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While ask for a debate in NC, she turned it down and now this .. something fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Until I am given a reasonable explanation other than ‘lack of experience, empty suit’ I will think something fishy is going on with these polls. — ❋ Unknown (2008)

Fact 7: Other people, like chunkdz, independently think something fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In this volume, we accompany Snow White and her estranged sister Rose Red in a road trip to The Farm, where they discover that something very fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We do not allow our soldiers to enter mosques to see if something fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One would think that something fishy is going on, but in many cases it's just plain amateurism. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Starting to sound really fishy, is this just a ploy to keep it at the top of the press coverage? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Something fishy is going on in the US Senate by on ❋ Unknown (2004)

Something fishy is going on .... posted by Michelle @ 10: 03 AM, ❋ Unknown (2004)

Something fishy is going on .... posted by Michelle @ 10: 03 AM, comments ❋ Unknown (2004)

Nonetheless, there are enough folks dogging it at this point that it would seem unfair not to report the facts and let you guys decide if something fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The Mexico version of the Miami Herald, English language, had an even more in-depth look at this case today, and it really sounds as if something fishy is going on. ❋ Unknown (2003)

So, there's all of this stuff going on involving wiretaps, and yes, the word fishy is exactly what comes to mind. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Each of these microbes evolved in an unusual environmental niche and all use methylamines - the compounds that make fish smell "fishy" - as a source of energy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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