fished

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fished

  • /fɪʃt/

Rhymes with -ɪʃt

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of fish

adjective more fished · most fished

  1. rare Containing or loaded with fish. The trawl-net boats were continually coming in clean, and, with rare exceptions, were very poorly fished until the recent cold, frosty weather set in, when some splendid takes were secured, yielding to each crew for one night's fishing from £100 to £200.

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Closest in meaning: gull, sucker, shlemiel, mark, chump, schlemiel, fool, angle, soft touch, fall guy, mug, go fish, patsy, angling, captured, catch

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@misc{fished_2026,
  title = {fished},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fished},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}