fishy

Meaning

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
3. (slang) Of a drag queen: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

suspicious looking

fish-like

underlanded

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪʃi/

Inherited from Middle English

fishi

In summary

From Middle English fishi, fischey, equivalent to fish + -y.

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fish

1. A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
2. Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
3. Cod; codfish.
4. The flesh of the fish used as food.
5. A card game 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.
6. (slang) A woman.
7. (slang) An easy victim for swindling.
8. (slang) A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).
9. A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
10. A purchase used to fish the anchor.
11. (slang) A torpedo (self-propelled explosive device).
12. A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
13. A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
14. A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
15. A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:
16. The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.
17. (slang) A new (usually vulnerable) prisoner.
18. A male homosexual; a gay man.

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