trout English
Noun
( wikipedia trout)
( en-noun)
Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout -streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2 citation
, passage=“This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”}}
An elderly woman of dubious sensibilities.
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Derived terms
* brown trout
* rainbow trout
* salmon trout
* Sevan trout
Verb
( en verb)
To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout ; to admonish jocularly.
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minnow Alternative forms
* (l), (l)
* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)
Noun
( en noun)
A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
More generally, any small fish.
(football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town
, work=BBC
citation
, page=
, passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}
See also
* pinkeen
Verb
( en verb)
(fishing) to fish minnows
(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
Derived terms
* minnower
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