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fishy

ˈfɪʃi
WordNet
  1. (adj) fishy
    not as expected "there was something fishy about the accident","up to some funny business","some definitely queer goings-on","a shady deal","her motives were suspect","suspicious behavior"
  2. (adj) fishy
    of or relating to or resembling fish "the soup had a fishy smell"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Fishy
    Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.
  2. Fishy
    Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. fishy
    Abounding in fish; inhabited by fish: as, the fishy flood.
  2. fishy
    Like fish; having a fish-like quality: as, a fishy taste or smell.
  3. fishy
    Extravagant, as a story; dubious or incredible, like many stories told about fishing and fishes. Compare fish-story.
  4. fishy
    Dull and expressionless, like the eye of a fish.
  5. fishy
    Equivocal, unsafe, or unsound, as a speculation or a course of conduct: as, a fishy venture.
  6. fishy
    Plucky; brave; sturdy and enduring; thorough and faithful in duty: as, fishy to the backbone; a fishy man.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Fishy
    consisting of fish: like a fish: abounding in fish: dubious, as a story: equivocal, unsafe
Quotations
Noel Coward
There's always something fishy about the French.
Noel Coward
Idioms

Fishy - If there is something fishy about someone or something, there is something suspicious; a feeling that there is something wrong, though it isn't clear what it is.

Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. fisc; Ger. fisch; Ice. fiskr; L. piscis; Gr. ichthys; Gael. iasg.

Usage in the news

ABC's Avila Launches Fishy Food Attack. beefmagazine.com

There really is something fishy about the latest hot dogs in the meat case. groceryheadquarters.com

Fishy campaign donations in '08. ashingtontimes.com

Dead animals, harvest of fishy and fowl claims. oxfordeagle.com

But, as usual with Avila's reporting, something seems fishy. beefmagazine.com

Something fishy is going on at Cedar Lane Farms. the-daily-record.com

Hear something fishy in the #Veepdebate tonight. ashingtonpost.com

Inspectors find something fishy at a Cancun Seafood. ksat.com

Robotics competition got students pointed in the right direction *Something fishy about Constitution Pipeline *Christians act as if they own the season *Use Curry Road Plaza land for green space. dailygazette.com

Now That's A Fishy Tale. radaronline.com

The Washington Post takes some Senate bait for its page-one story about the long-term unemployed, and the result, is, well, a little fishy. cjr.org

Don't let a couple of "fishy" reports sway you. oregonlive.com

Something's fishy with omega -3s. goerie.com

A one-sided story that's a little fishy. berkshireeagle.com

Julianne has rubbed me the wrong and I found her whole break up with Chuck Wicks "fishy". dez.com

Usage in literature

That would certainly sound fishy. "The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton" by Wardon Allan Curtis

Two or three onions in the dressing of wild ducks, takes out the fishy taste they are apt to have. "The American Housewife" by Anonymous

But I'm not the fishy type of woman. "The Prairie Child" by Arthur Stringer

By the time we have finished we are rather fishy but very much more satisfied. "Round the Wonderful World" by G. E. Mitton

Damn you, Blake, this whole deal looks fishy to me!... "Valley of Wild Horses" by Zane Grey

The town itself is just like the fishy part of Boulogne-sur-Mer, only more so. "Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland" by Daniel Turner Holmes

A squid was drying on a pole and scenting the air with its fishy odors. "Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880" by Various

There's something fishy about that yacht. "The Red Hand of Ulster" by George A. Birmingham

What is it, little fishy, that you're up here looking for? "FreeChildrenStories.com Collection" by Daniel Errico

Domber had a fishy coldness about him that was chilling. "A Yankee Flier Over Berlin" by Al Avery

Usage in poetry
"Quite suddenly, a speckled trout
Down in the swift, clear river
Began to bustle all about,
His fishy chin a-quiver.
The shining horses foam and pant,
And now the smells begin
Of fishy Swampscott, salt Nahant,
And leather-scented Lynn.
And while he's under— just about a minute—
I take advantage of the fact to say
His fishy carcase has no virtue in it
The gunning idiot's worthless hire to pay.
Beneath the vans of doom did men pass in.
Heroic who came out; for round them hung
A wavering phantom's red volcano tongue,
With league-long lizard tail and fishy fin:
Now I shall ride the misty lake
With my own love, and speak so low
That not a fishy thing shall hear
The secrets passing to and fro
Amid the moonlight poetries.
O moonshine, how unman us so?
At first the Mermen laughed, "Pooh! pooh!"
But finally they jealous grew,
And sounded loud recalls;
But vainly. So these fishy males
Declared they too would clothe their tails
In silken hose and smalls.