(archaic or loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
(uncountable) The flesh of the fish used as food.
(uncountable) A cardgame 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.
(poker) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
(countable, nautical) A makeshiftoverlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
“Meanwhile on shore you get all pumped because your line is jiggling and you are completely unaware of the social protocol of fishdom occurring below the water line.”
“For once the suspicions about the fishiness of the outcome are correct, but not in any pejorative sense.”
“The tasty fishiness was perfectly preserved in a light marinade.”
“In fact it is uncannily like the real thing in appearance, but the taste lacks the level of saltiness and fishiness you would find in the genuine article.”
“They live by their fishings, and are reputed to be the best boatsmen and cragsmen in the archipelago.”
“The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers.”
“As salmon fishings are currently valued at between five and eight thousand pounds for each fish caught on an average year, it is easy to see why he is keen to offload pronto.”