different between pollock vs whiffing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?l?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l?k/

Etymology 1

From Middle English [Term?], perhaps from Scots podlok.

Alternative forms

• pollack

Noun

pollock (plural pollocks or pollock)

1. Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

Translations

Derived terms

• Alaska pollock
• Atlantic pollock
• European pollock

Synonyms

• (P. pollachius): Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lythe
• (P. virens): Boston blues, coalfish, coley, silver bills, saithe

Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To fish for pollock.

Further reading

• pollock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pollachius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pollachius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• pollock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

From Jackson Pollock, an American artist who painted in splatters.

Verb

pollock (third-person singular simple present pollocks, present participle pollocking, simple past and past participle pollocked)

1. To splatter, as with paint.

Synonyms

• Jackson Pollock

English

Verb

whiffing

1. present participle of whiff

Noun

whiffing (plural whiffings)

1. The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
2. A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.