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catfishings

catfishings is the plural of catfishing.

Meaning of catfishing

Noun

catfishing (usually uncountable, plural catfishings)

  1. (Internet, usually) The practice of creating a fake profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
    • For the most part, catfishing is not against the law, said Bradley Shear, a Washington-based lawyer who has examined legal issues related to social media.2013 January 17, Mary Pilon, “In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2020

Questions about catfishings

What is catfishings the plural of?
Catfishings is the plural of catfishing.

Words near catfishings in the dictionary

  1. catfisherman
  2. catfishermen
  3. catfishers
  4. catfishes
  5. catfishing
  6. catfishings
  7. catfishlike
  8. catfit
  9. catfits
  10. catflap
  11. catflaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catfishings (page history and authors); catfishing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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