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catfishing

English

Verb

catfishing

  1. present participle of catfish

Anagrams

  • fishing cat

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catfish

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From cat +? fish. Likely so named for its prominent barbels like a cat's whiskers.

Noun

catfish (countable and uncountable, plural catfish or catfishes)

  1. any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth
    Synonyms: (Africa) catlet, sheat, sheatfish, river chicken
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

  1. To fish for catfish
    I only use this rod for catfishing.

See also

  • noodling

Etymology 2

From the 2010 documentary Catfish, supposedly inspired by the practice of fishermen keeping cod active by storing them with catfish (see sense 1) which nip at their tails.

Noun

catfish (plural catfishes)

  1. (Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
  2. (Internet) Such a fake profile.
Translations

Verb

catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)

  1. (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:catfish.
Translations

Derived terms

  • wokefish
  • blackfish

See also

  • catshark

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