hatfish
hatfish noun: synonym of halibut.
Noun
hatfish (plural hatfish or hatfishes)
- Synonym of halibut.
- hanawasutt: hatfish or halibut1885, PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
- Noah didn't realize when he stayed on the job-he was then about 600 years old and built the ark and drove the animals in two by two, the hatfish and the kangaroo ——he didn't realize he was laying the foundation for an occupation for old men in New York, several years later.1917, Railroad Men - Volume 31, page 137
- Synonyms:
- halibut
Verb
hatfish (third-person singular simple present hatfishes, present participle hatfishing, simple past and past participle hatfished)
- To hide one's bald spot or bad hair under a hat in a profile picture for online dating.
- If you've never seen the top of your Tinder date's head, he may be hatfishing you.2017 August 23, Ben Yakas, “Extra, Extra: Liam Gallagher Ranks His Own Haircuts”, in Gothamist
- So basically, if you've got a great job, then fucking hatfish all you want - doesn't matter, Jean will be up for it!2017 October 24, Gary Ogden, “'Hatfishing' is yet another dating trend – are you guilty of it?”, in Shortlist
Examples of hatfish in a sentence
- Filters and angles can help you look your best, but catfishing and hatfishing are real things.2018 February 10, Lady Marmalade, “Things you probably shouldn't mention on your Tinder profile”, in Gauntlet, page 41, column 2:
- You know he ain't hatfishing – there's a glorious grey mane under that woolen number.2018 December 5, “'Fuckboy' Daniel Day-Lewis is a late entry for best look of 2018”, in Dazed:
Synonyms of hatfish
Forms of hatfish
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hatfish |
| plural | hatfishes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hatfishes |
| present participle | hatfishing |
| past participle | hatfished |
| past | hatfished |
Origin of hatfish
From hat + fish.
Blend of hat + catfish, equivalent to hat + -fish.
Words formed from hatfish
Questions about hatfish
- What does hatfish mean?
- Hatfish means synonym of halibut.
- How do you use hatfish in a sentence?
- Filters and angles can help you look your best, but catfishing and hatfishing are real things.
- What part of speech is hatfish?
- Hatfish can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of hatfish?
- The plural of hatfish is hatfish.
Words near hatfish in the dictionary
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