catfish
/ˈkætfɪʃ/noun, verb2 syllables
Catfish means: large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins.
Synonyms for catfish9
noun, as in large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
noun, as in flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
noun, as in any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
also used for catfish
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What does catfish mean?4
noun
large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth
verb
To deceive someone by professing romantic feelings but actually using a false identity
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Catfish in a sentence
- Wetlands are important habitats for many species of fish, including catfish, bass, and trout.Amastan
- You apparently haven't known the pain of a catfish sting.ddnktr
- Sami's pictures are real. He's not a catfish.OsoHombre
- Sami isn't a catfish. He's a real person.OsoHombre
- Sami set up a catfish account.OsoHombre
- Boris tried to catch some catfish.Amastan
- Boris ended up catching a small catfish.Amastan
- Dmitri caught a bunch of catfish.Amastan
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Forms of catfish
as a noun
- plural
- catfishes
as a verb
- third-person singular
- catfishes
- present participle
- catfishing
- past participle
- catfished
- past tense
- catfished