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gibfish

gibfish noun: a male salmon.

Noun

gibfish (plural gibfish)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A male salmon.
    • When a gib fish has found a stream that he likes , he makes a hole as a swine works in the ground with his nose , his mouth being nailed with the gib in its socket1834, Thomas Medwin, The Angler in Wales: Or, Days and Nights of Sportsmen
    • In Northumberland the male [salmon] is called a summercock, or gibfish1885, Edward Hamilton, Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout, and Grayling

Forms of gibfish

pluralgibfish

Questions about gibfish

What does gibfish mean?
Gibfish means a male salmon.
What part of speech is gibfish?
Gibfish is a noun.
What is the plural of gibfish?
The plural of gibfish is gibfish.

Words near gibfish in the dictionary

  1. Gibert
  2. Giberts
  3. gibes
  4. gibest
  5. gibeth
  6. gibfish
  7. gibi-
  8. gibibit
  9. gibibits
  10. gibibyte
  11. gibibytes

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