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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fishing

/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.47 in modern English

Syllables
fish-ing
IPA
/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of catching fish.

Uncountable

noun

The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.

Informal; Uncountable

noun

Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

Uncountable

noun

A fishery, a place for catching fish.

Countable

verb

present participle and gerund of fish

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fishings (plural)

Derived Forms

antifishing electrofishing fishingly nonfishing rodfishing shellfishing skishing spearfishing phishing sportfishing sportsfishing

Phrases

bottom-fishing compliment fishing cormorant fishing cyanide fishing drift fishing fishing eagle fishing frog fishing net

Frequently Paired Words

halieutically halieutics piscatology piscatory piscatorious piscatorial piscatorical piscatorian

Synonyms

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

Homonyms

phishing

Rhymes With

wishing phishing dishing gorge fishing

Questions

How do you pronounce fishing?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/.
What does fishing mean?
The act of catching fish.
Where does fishing come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce fishing

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