Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being fishy, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
fishy .
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Examples
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In regards to this dish, well, anything fried is going to taste pretty good in my book, but here the crunchy coating was a perfect complement to the sweet, tender clams with no awful "fishiness" or greasiness to be found.
One For The Table: Food: My Most Memorable Bites Of 2009 2010
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He briefly blanched the bones in boiling water to get rid of the 'fishiness', then transferred the bones into a pot with cold water to boil into soup.
Fishing is yummy 2005
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He briefly blanched the bones in boiling water to get rid of the 'fishiness', then transferred the bones into a pot with cold water to boil into soup.
Archive 2005-09-01 2005
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Its many detractors deride it for its "fishiness," which is ridiculous.
Mark's Daily Apple 2009
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(Grated ginger, grated daikon radish, even grated raw garlic serve a similar purpose to wasabi in that they counteract and complement the 'fishiness' or other strong characteristic of the neta.
MetaFilter Projects 2009
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(Grated ginger, grated daikon radish, even grated raw garlic serve a similar purpose to wasabi in that they counteract and complement the 'fishiness' or other strong characteristic of the neta.
MetaFilter Projects 2009
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A tranche of local smoked trout dressed with bright orange pearls of trout roe atop an oyster cream is a slap around the face with an unabashed fishiness.
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The flavor was mildly fishy, so I added plenty of pepper to give it some kick and to minimize fishiness.
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Now, I don't think we'll be seeing water into wine and loaves into fishes from Senator Obama once he's elected, but I'm sure we'll see some watery whining and a great deal of fishiness from certain corners of the political landscape.
Twitterpated 2008
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And I will continue to provide as much “fishiness” as possible as Ambassador Emeritus.
TankHughes commented on the word fishiness
In this interview with RuPaul, it's a adjective to describe drag queens that look like "real" cis women. http://www.vulture.com/2016/03/rupaul-drag-race-interview.html
March 25, 2016