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a poor fish.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->a long strip of wood, iron, etc., used to strengthen a mast, joint, etc.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>Cards Slang. </em>an incompetent player whose incompetence can be exploited.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>Slang. </em>a <a href="/browse/dollar">dollar</a>:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>He sold the car for 500 fish.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>Slang. </em></div></div><ol class="JEKAKEmQ7ArHPGGbEHB2"><li><div>a new prison inmate.</div></li><li><div>a high school or college freshman; <a href="/browse/frosh">frosh</a>.</div></li></ol></span></li></ol><div class="pzAb4KG141SuMsit5NFK"><hr/><div></div><hr/></div></div><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="american-fish-1-verb-used-with-object"><h2>verb (used with object)</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to catch or attempt to catch (any species of fish or the like).</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to try to catch fish in (a stream, lake, etc.):</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>Let's fish the creek.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to draw, as by fishing (often followed by <em>up </em>or <em>out </em>):</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>He fished a coin out of his pocket for the boy.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to search through, as by fishing.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>Nautical. </em></div></div><ol class="JEKAKEmQ7ArHPGGbEHB2"><li><div>to secure (an anchor) by raising the flukes.</div></li><li><div>to reinforce (a mast or other spar) by fastening a spar, batten, metal bar, or the like, lengthwise over a weak place.</div></li></ol></span></li></ol></div><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="american-fish-1-verb-used-without-object"><h2>verb (used without object)</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to catch or attempt to catch fish, as by angling or drawing a net.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to search carefully:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>He fished through all his pockets but his wallet was gone.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to seek to obtain something indirectly or by artifice:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>to fish for compliments; to fish for information.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to search for or attempt to catch onto something under water, in mud, etc., by the use of a dredge, rake, hook, or the like.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to attempt to recover detached tools or other loose objects from an oil or gas well.</div></div></span></li></ol></div><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW"><h2 id="american-fish-1-verb-phrase">verb phrase</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to deplete (a lake, stream, etc.) of fish by fishing.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></section></div></div><div class="adM0BEl1UL_AaQOMMu8E" id="dictionary-entry-2"><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="">Fish</p><sup>2</sup><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"><button aria-label="Audio: pronunciation of Fish" class="caBwpDG3dPuJzUD4toSQ" data-type="pronunciation-audio" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="definition" data-linkname="audio:fish" data-linktype="audio"><svg class="hKc5_7ESpepHS_34gUUw" height="30" viewBox="0 0 512 512" width="34" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M232 416a23.88 23.88 0 01-14.2-4.68 8.27 8.27 0 01-.66-.51L125.76 336H56a24 24 0 01-24-24V200a24 24 0 0124-24h69.75l91.37-74.81a8.27 8.27 0 01.66-.51A24 24 0 01256 120v272a24 24 0 01-24 24zm-106.18-80zm-.27-159.86zM320 336a16 16 0 01-14.29-23.19c9.49-18.87 14.3-38 14.3-56.81 0-19.38-4.66-37.94-14.25-56.73a16 16 0 0128.5-14.54C346.19 208.12 352 231.44 352 256c0 23.86-6 47.81-17.7 71.19A16 16 0 01320 336z"></path><path d="M368 384a16 16 0 01-13.86-24C373.05 327.09 384 299.51 384 256c0-44.17-10.93-71.56-29.82-103.94a16 16 0 0127.64-16.12C402.92 172.11 416 204.81 416 256c0 50.43-13.06 83.29-34.13 120a16 16 0 01-13.87 8z"></path><path d="M416 432a16 16 0 01-13.39-24.74C429.85 365.47 448 323.76 448 256c0-66.5-18.18-108.62-45.49-151.39a16 16 0 1127-17.22C459.81 134.89 480 181.74 480 256c0 64.75-14.66 113.63-50.6 168.74A16 16 0 01416 432z"></path></svg></button></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>[ <!-- -->fish<!-- --> ]</p><fieldset><label><input type="radio" checked="" value="phonetic"/><span>Phonetic (Standard)</span></label><label><input type="radio" value="ipa"/><span>IPA</span></label></fieldset></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="american-fish-2-noun"><h2>noun</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <strong>Hamilton,<!-- --> </strong>1808–93, <!-- -->U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869–77.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="british-dictionary-entries-module"><div class=""><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="">FISH</p><sup>1</sup><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->fɪʃ<!-- --> /</p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="british-fish-1-acronym-noun"><h2>acronym for</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->fluorescence in situ hybridization, a technique for detecting and locating gene mutations and chromosome abnormalities</div></div></span></li></ol><footer class="AxYkjCDUNGVRDUdjTF4Q">“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012</footer></div></section></div></div><div class="XGv6INcAxMnhr2WgSrQg"><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="">fish</p><sup>2</sup><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->fɪʃ<!-- --> /</p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="british-fish-2-noun"><h2>noun</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> </div></div><ol class="JEKAKEmQ7ArHPGGbEHB2"><li><div>any of a large group of cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates having jaws, gills, and usually fins and a skin covered in scales: includes the sharks and rays (class <em>Chondrichthyes </em>: <strong>cartilaginous fishes<!-- --> </strong>) and the teleosts, lungfish, etc (class <em>Osteichthyes </em>: <strong>bony fishes<!-- --> </strong>)</div></li><li><div> <!-- -->( <em>in combination </em>)<!-- --> <!-- -->ichthyicichthyoidpiscine<div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>fishpond</i></p></div></div></li></ol></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->any of various similar but jawless vertebrates, such as the hagfish and lamprey</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>not in technical use </em>any of various aquatic invertebrates, such as the cuttlefish, jellyfish, and crayfish</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->the flesh of fish used as food</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><em>informal.</em> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- --> <!-- -->a person of little emotion or intelligence</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>a poor fish</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->short for <a href="/browse/fishplate">fishplate</a></div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->Also calledtin fish <!-- -->an informal word for <a href="/browse/torpedo">torpedo</a></div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>a fine kettle of fish</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->an awkward situation; mess</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>drink like a fish</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to drink (esp alcohol) to excess</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>have other fish to fry</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to have other activities to do, esp more important ones</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>like a fish out of water</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->out of one's usual place</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>make fish of one and flesh of another</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- --> <!-- -->to discriminate unfairly between people</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><strong>neither fish, flesh, nor fowl</strong> </div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->neither this nor that</div></div></span></li></ol><footer class="AxYkjCDUNGVRDUdjTF4Q">“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012</footer></div><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="british-fish-2-verb"><h2>verb</h2></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>intr </em>to attempt to catch fish, as with a line and hook or with nets, traps, etc</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <em>tr </em>to fish in (a particular area of water)</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->to search (a body of water) for something or to search for something, esp in a body of water</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->intrfoll byfor <!-- -->to seek something indirectly</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>to fish for compliments</i></p></div></span></li></ol><footer class="AxYkjCDUNGVRDUdjTF4Q">“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012</footer></div></section></div></div></section><section class="LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab" data-type="scientific-dictionary-entries-module"><div class=""><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="RU3P4mEiPC1uju7Hv6Yw" data-type="dictionary-headword-module"><div class="bZjAAKVoBi7vttR0xUts"><p class="elMfuCTjKMwxtSEEnUsi">fish</p><div class="AooatC8noO9cmWd95rMo"></div></div><div class="aB40zqNSml1nCbUuOh7V BZRZ4SOehiiAre4s0swo" data-type="pronunciation-toggle"><p>/ <!-- -->fĭsh<!-- --> /</p><p>, <!-- -->Plural <em>fish</em> </p></div></section><section class="uLEIc6UAEiaBDDj6qSnO" data-type="part-of-speech-module"><div><div class="S3nX0leWTGgcyInfTEbW" id="scientific-fish-definitions"></div><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div> <!-- -->Any of numerous cold-blooded vertebrate animals that live in water. Fish have gills for obtaining oxygen, a lateral line for sensing pressure changes in the water, and a vertical tail. Most fish are covered with scales and have limbs in the form of fins. Fish were once classified together as a single group, but are now known to compose numerous evolutionarily distinct classes, including the <strong>bony fish, cartilaginous fish, jawless fish, lobe-finned fish,<!-- --> </strong> and <strong>placoderms<!-- --> </strong>.</div></div></span></li></ol></div></section></div></div></section><div data-wknd-infeed-div="true"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab"><section class="ZRyGSoOaZ3Rb9xtDl6NS" data-type="derived-forms"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT eEszY3Oh_xE_apygWxwy" id="derived-forms">Discover More</div><h2 class="SsrXR02mVCMwUHI7JiK1">Derived Forms</h2><ul><li><strong>ˈfishable</strong>, <span>adjective</span></li><li><strong>ˈfishˌlike</strong>, <span>adjective</span></li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="ZScNxuAtfMdhoCsqbzGi" data-type="other-words-from"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT hFymlk9KE06_fSxWotl3" id="other-words-from">Discover More</div><h2 class="hjIscPSvedrZbuT26ZYc">Other Words From</h2><ul><li><strong>fish·less<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li><li><strong>fish·like<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li><li><strong>out·fish<!-- --> </strong>verb (used with object)</li><li><strong>un·fished<!-- --> </strong>adjective</li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="bLQY4HuOoBYj7mHuUnvO" data-type="origins-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT v64dancTwzffhlHDy4y0" id="word-history-and-origins">Discover More</div><h2>Word History and Origins</h2><div class="yX4FEAQxKpoMaTLO2pCw"><p>Origin of<!-- --> <a class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" href="/browse/fish">fish<sup>1</sup></a></p><div>First recorded <!-- -->before 900; <!-- -->(noun) <em>Middle English </em><em>fis(c)h, fyssh, </em><em>Old English </em><em>fisc; </em>cognate with <em>Dutch </em><em>vis, </em><em>German </em><em>Fisch, </em><em>Old Norse </em><em>fiskr, </em><em>Gothic </em><em>fisks; </em>akin to <em>Latin </em><em>piscis, </em><em>Irish </em><em>iasc; </em>(verb) <em>Middle English </em><em>fishen, </em><em>Old English </em><em>fiscian, </em>cognate with <em>Dutch </em><em>visschen, </em><em>German </em><em>fischen, </em><em>Old Norse </em><em>fiska, </em><em>Gothic </em><em>fiskôn</em></div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE LOhivfok408KJsgcv8Ab"><section class="bLQY4HuOoBYj7mHuUnvO" data-type="origins-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT v64dancTwzffhlHDy4y0" id="word-history-and-origins">Discover More</div><h2>Word History and Origins</h2><div class="yX4FEAQxKpoMaTLO2pCw"><p>Origin of<!-- --> <a class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" href="/browse/fish">fish<sup>1</sup></a></p><div>Old English <em>fisc </em>; related to Old Norse <em>fiskr </em>, Gothic <em>fiscs </em>, Russian <em>piskar </em>, Latin <em>piscis</em></div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="Rhf4ph_7YfdMQeeMZaUA" data-type="idioms-and-phrases-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT IyoTS6Xc6pa6yhd_nN_Y" id="idioms-and-phrases">Discover More</div><h2 class="RXKBzKzslxeeQxjk6DVP">Idioms and Phrases</h2><div class="s3oKzzLEOmkTJ_X4QoIr"><a href="http://www.dictionary.com:80/browse/idiom" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc">Idioms</a><ol class="lpwbZIOD86qFKLHJ2ZfQ E53FcpmOYsLLXxtj5omt" data-type="definition-content-list"><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>drink like a fish<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->to drink alcoholic beverages to excess:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>Nobody invites him out because he drinks like a fish.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>fish in troubled waters<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->to take advantage of troubled or uncertain conditions for personal profit.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>fish or cut bait<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->to choose a definite course of action, especially to decide whether to participate in or retreat from an activity.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>fish out of water<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->a person out of their proper or accustomed environment:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>He felt like a fish out of water in an academic atmosphere.</i></p></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>neither fish nor fowl<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->having no specific character or conviction; neither one nor the other.</div></div></span></li><li><span class="HGU9YJqWX_GVHkeeJhSH"><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><div><strong>other fish to fry<!-- -->,</strong> <!-- -->other matters requiring attention:</div></div><div class="NZKOFkdkcvYgD3lqOIJw"><p><i>When it was time to act, they had other fish to fry.</i></p></div></span></li></ol></div><h3>More idioms and phrases containing <em>fish</em></h3><ul><li>big fish in a small pond</li><li>cold fish</li><li>drink like a fish</li><li>goldfish bowl</li><li>kettle of fish</li><li>like shooting fish in a barrel</li><li>neither fish nor fowl</li><li>not the only fish in the sea</li><li>other fish to fry</li><li>smell fishy</li></ul></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section data-type="example-sentences-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT BsLEokjNzgvQY0xyORKn" id="example-sentences">Discover More</div><h2 class="tEJceV7YF9MUrC51KXg7">Example Sentences</h2><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>Domoic acid is a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms that accumulates in filter-feeding fish, including anchovies and sardines.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-24/scores-sea-lions-reported-sick-along-the-malibu-coast" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Los Angeles Times" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-24/scores-sea-lions-reported-sick-along-the-malibu-coast" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles Times</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>Use a fish spatula or a large spatula to lift the chicken when serving.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/02/24/stuffed-chicken-a-classic-for-a-reason-with-a-delicious-twist/" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Salon" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.salon.com/2025/02/24/stuffed-chicken-a-classic-for-a-reason-with-a-delicious-twist/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>But Chinook salmon disappeared from the waterway after the construction of the Englebright Dam prevented fish from swimming upstream.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-23/a-new-program-aims-to-boost-salmon-in-northern-california-river" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Los Angeles Times" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-23/a-new-program-aims-to-boost-salmon-in-northern-california-river" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles Times</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>You’ll make two different salsas and tortillas and even fish for your trout on their on-site fish farm.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/02/22/from-taco-tours-to-michelin-stars-a-love-letter-to-mexico-city/" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:Salon" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.salon.com/2025/02/22/from-taco-tours-to-michelin-stars-a-love-letter-to-mexico-city/" rel="nofollow">Salon</a></div></div><div class="dkA1ih27tI9o0MHLDxKt"><p>James Barker was "a very fun-loving" child, who enjoyed golf and fishing.</p><div>From<!-- --> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj2q6dp06jo" class="TSqnrw0qSMGseOGGBuxc" data-analytics="aa-track" data-linklocation="body" data-linkmodule="example-sentences-module" data-linkname="from:BBC" data-linktype="link" data-linkurl="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj2q6dp06jo" rel="nofollow">BBC</a></div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE eK0SbwCbuTiZNmg5Q8ag"><div class="SZjJlj7dd7R6mDTODwIT"><p class="ZBaOeEicp1FaXQoUFZBy">Advertisement</p><div class="dictionary_content_300x250_noflex_1"></div></div></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section data-type="more-about-module"><div class="KhyRmcN6T1mkCS6cmpkT OZrNEObIVT19WL9kFOCg" id="more-about">Discover More</div><div class="ZcF5CUKLQubeazu37VDu"><h2 class="qZCybSKTdkrLrPLY7ev_">About This Word</h2><div class="sbl9gogztXjhgr2q6sqW"><h3 class="o7N_IMl_ojUq84P65juL"><span style="font-weight:400">What else does </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> mean?</span></h3><div class="SsOrtxsSDCwEXwEAYUHa"><p><i><span style="font-weight:400">Fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">, appearing especially in the phrase </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fresh fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">,</span> <span style="font-weight:400">is prison slang for new, first-time </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/inmate" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">inmates</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, usually considered </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/naive" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">naive</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> and </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/vulnerable" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">vulnerable</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">.</span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight:400">Fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">, often appearing in the form of <em>fishy</em> or the phrase <em>serving fish</em>,</span><span style="font-weight:400"> is also slang in drag culture for a very feminine </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/drag-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">drag queen.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400"><strong>Content warning</strong>: this article contains references to sexual and sexist content.</span></p> </div></div><div class="sbl9gogztXjhgr2q6sqW"><h3 class="o7N_IMl_ojUq84P65juL"><span style="font-weight:400">Where does </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> come from?</span></h3><div class="SsOrtxsSDCwEXwEAYUHa"><p><i><span style="font-weight:400">Fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> has been recorded as prison slang for new inmates since the 1870s. The term apparently likens new prisoners to fish fresh out of the water. One theory about the slang’s origin claims that inmates were issued uniforms with their inmate numbers stamped with an ink that smelled fishy when wet.</span></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight:400">Fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> for new inmates shouldn’t be confused with another prison slang term, </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fishing</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">. This refers to using a string to pass </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/contraband" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">contraband</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> items between cells in a manner similar to casting a fishing line.</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Security update. Spot check by prison security staff found this. Did you spot it? Blue in color cable placed over the wall. Drops down into inmate holding area and being used as a 'fishing line' to move contraband. Corrective action taken. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/safeprisons?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#safeprisons</a> <a href="https://t.co/islbBC3qfE">pic.twitter.com/islbBC3qfE</a></p> <p>— Seychelles Prison Service (@SeychellePrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeychellePrison/status/1056856557143707648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2018</a></p></blockquote> <p></p> <p><i><span style="font-weight:400">Fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> is also slang in the drag community. Alluding to popular beliefs about female genitalia, </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">, here, refers to a </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/drag-queen"><span style="font-weight:400">drag queen</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> who closely resembles a woman. Referring to a drag queen as </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fishy</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">, or saying they are </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">serving fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">,</span> <span style="font-weight:400">is considered complimentary within the drag community, but keep in mind that such a description for women and their bodies is generally extremely offensive.</span></p> </div></div><div class="sbl9gogztXjhgr2q6sqW"><h3 class="o7N_IMl_ojUq84P65juL"><span style="font-weight:400">How is </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> used in real life?</span></h3><div class="SsOrtxsSDCwEXwEAYUHa"><p><span style="font-weight:400">Both prisoners and prison staff may use </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> to </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/belittle" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">belittle</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> new, first-time inmates. It has appeared in popular media, including the 1994 film </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">The Shawshank Redemption</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">, as well as in a 2005 episode of the TV show </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">Prison Break, </span></i><span style="font-weight:400">which contains the fan favorite line “Welcome to Prisneyland, fish.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight:400">Once again, in drag culture, </span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">/</span><i><span style="font-weight:400">fishy</span></i><span style="font-weight:400">/</span><i><span style="font-weight:400">serving fish</span></i><span style="font-weight:400"> are taken as </span><a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/compliment" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">compliments</span></a><span style="font-weight:400">, but, elsewhere, likening female genitalia to a fish is offensive.</span></p> <p><b>More examples of </b><b><i>fish</i></b><b>:</b></p> <p>“Walking a dog down the streets of LA is like walking the new fish down a crowded row of prison cells in a movie.”<br/> <span style="font-weight:400">—@shelbyfero, October 2018</span></p> </div></div><div class="sbl9gogztXjhgr2q6sqW"><h3 class="o7N_IMl_ojUq84P65juL"><span style="font-weight:400">Note</span></h3><div class="SsOrtxsSDCwEXwEAYUHa"><p><span style="font-weight:400">This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.</span></p> </div></div></div></section></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE G4gQrRMFeYY7_OdNa1eR"></div><div class="YommMxopETPCP_wzxPxE"><section class="xso6mL2feGWVpyRXeY5Z"><p>Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023</p><p>Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. 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rel=\\\"noopener\\\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003edrag queen.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent warning\u003c/strong\u003e: this article contains references to sexual and sexist content.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\\n\"},{\"title\":\"\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003eWhere does \u003c/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003efish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003e come from?\u003c/span\u003e\",\"body\":\"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003eFish\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\"\u003e has been recorded as prison slang for new inmates since the 1870s. 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Corrective action taken. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/safeprisons?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#safeprisons\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/islbBC3qfE\">pic.twitter.com/islbBC3qfE\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Seychelles Prison Service (@SeychellePrison) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SeychellePrison/status/1056856557143707648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2018\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cscript async src=\"https://www.dictionary.com/e/wp-content/themes/dictionary-com/js/build/bundle-theme-twitter-embeds.js\">\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fish\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also slang in the drag community. 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