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fishing¹

  • /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Sounds like phishing · Rhymes with -ɪʃɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English fischynge, equivalent to fish + -ing.

noun fishings

  1. uncountable The act of catching fish. We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
  2. informal, uncountable The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  3. uncountable Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale. This is good news for the fishing industry.
  4. countable A fishery, a place for catching fish. the rent of the fishings

Similar: piscatology, piscation, piscicide, piscicapture, the gentle craft, fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry, sportfishing

fishing²

  • /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Sounds like phishing · Rhymes with -ɪʃɪŋ

Where it comes from

From fish + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of fish

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gull, sucker, shlemiel, mark, chump, schlemiel, fool, angle, soft touch, fall guy, mug, go fish, patsy, fisher, fisherman, overfishing

noun

Similar: piscatology, piscation, piscicide, piscicapture, the gentle craft, fishery, the fish industry, the seafood industry, sportfishing

Translations

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noun place for catching fish

Españolpesquería, pesquera
日本語釣り場 tsuriba, 漁場 ryōba

noun act or sport of catching fish

Españolpesca, pesquería
한국어낚시 naksi
日本語釣り tsuri
中文釣魚 /钓鱼 diàoyú
हिन्दीमत्स्य पालन matsya pālan, माहीगीरी māhīgīrī
Portuguêspescaria, pesca
Françaispêche
DeutschFischen
Italianopesca
Ελληνικάαλιεία alieía
Românăpescuire
Русскийрыба́лка rybálka, ры́бная ло́вля rýbnaja lóvlja
Tiếng Việtcâu cá
العربيةصَيْد سَمَك ṣayd samak, صَيْد ṣayd
עבריתדַיִג dáyig

noun business of catching fish

Españolpesca, pesquería
한국어어업 eo'eop
日本語漁 ryō, 漁業 gyogyō
中文漁業 /渔业 yúyè
Portuguêspesca
Françaispêche
DeutschFischfang
Românăpescuire, pescărie
Русскийрыболо́вство rybolóvstvo, ры́бная ло́вля rýbnaja lóvlja
Tiếng Việtngư nghiệp

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@misc{fishing_2026,
  title = {fishing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fishing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}