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fishin'

fishin' is the informal form of fishing.

fishin' is the pronunciation spelling of fishing.

Meaning of fishing

Noun

fishing (countable and uncountable, plural fishings)

  1. (uncountable) The act of catching fish.
    • We had a good day's fishing at the weekend.
  2. (informal, uncountable) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  3. (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.
    • This is good news for the fishing industry.
  4. (countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.
    • the rent of the fishings1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...

Questions about fishin'

What is fishin' the informal form of?
Fishin' is the informal form of fishing.

Words near fishin' in the dictionary

  1. fishified
  2. fishifies
  3. fishify
  4. fishifying
  5. fishily
  6. fishin'
  7. fishiness
  8. fishinesses
  9. fishing
  10. fishing boat
  11. fishing boats

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