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UK
/fˈɪʃi/
]
[ US /ˈfɪʃi/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪʃi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to or resembling fish
the soup had a fishy smell -
not as expected
a shady deal
some definitely queer goings-on
her motives were suspect
suspicious behavior
up to some funny business
there was something fishy about the accident
How To Use fishy In A Sentence
- Behold the mermaid blanket, a fishy update on that hygge groundbreaker, the slanket. Times, Sunday Times
- It's a delicate white fish that's less fishy and less oily than the kind of catfish that usually gets drowned in chili powder.
- The general odor of the man she loves, one woman states, is highly, sometimes even overwhelmingly, attractive to her; but the specific odor of the male sexual organs which she describes as fishy has no attraction. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
- Sure enough, Fishy tugged the rod back and clicked the button and a shiny fish wriggled directly in front of Lazarus' nose.
- This project looks fishy
- One of my favourite dishes is this fishy recipe. The Sun
- I found your report on salmon farm fishing both fishy and stinky.
- In the past, some have found that supplementing with Salmon Oil has left them with fishy reflux.
- Lunch was that strange not so fishy fish Morgan had been introduced to the first day of her arrival.
- It all smells a bit fishy to me. The Sun
