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fisk | fink |

As a proper noun fisk

is .

As a noun fink is

finch.

fisk

English

(fisking)

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
  • * Latimer
    • He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.

    Etymology 2

    Back-formation from fisking.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2002, date=December, work=Review, author=Institute of Public Affairs, title=The World of Blog citation
    • , passage=A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 13, work=The Economist, title=Fisked By Obama, url=
    • , passage=Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.}} English eponyms ----

    fink

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.

    • Synonyms

    * (Someone who betrays a trust) betrayer, traitor

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (chiefly, US, slang) To betray a trust.

    • Derived terms

    * fink out

    References

    * * * " fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996) ----