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Fisted vs Fisked - What's the difference?

fisted | fisked |

As verbs the difference between fisted and fisked

is that fisted is (fist) while fisked is (fisk).

As an adjective fisted

is (in combination ) having some specific type of fist.

fisted

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (in combination ) Having some specific type of fist

    • Derived terms

    * double-fisted * iron-fisted * ham-fisted * tight-fisted * two-fisted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fist)

    • Anagrams

    *

    fisked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fisk)

    • 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 ----