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fisk¹

  • /fɪsk/

Sounds like fisc · Rhymes with -ɪsk

Where it comes from

From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

verb fisks · fisking · fisked

  1. obsolete To run about; to fist; to whisk. [W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

fisk²

  • /fɪsk/

Sounds like fisc · Rhymes with -ɪsk

Where it comes from

Back-formation from fisking.

verb fisks · fisking · fisked

  1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet. A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!

Fisk³

  • /fɪsk/

Rhymes with -ɪsk

Where it comes from

English occupational surname for a fisherman or fish seller, or a cognominal surname for someone thought to resemble a fish, from Old Norse fiskr (cognate with Old English fisc), from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz.

proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation or transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old Norse].
  2. An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Adair County, Iowa.
  3. A minor city in Butler County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

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Closest in meaning: firk, forswing, swish, fike, fistle, faddle, fidge, whisk, fist, whip, flog, fugle, vapulate, fishtail, feddle, fangle

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@misc{fisk_2026,
  title = {fisk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fisk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}