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• They get some pretty fishy Santas in this mall. The one in the food court right now seems like he might be drunk.From the entry santa
• Riding a fine line between salty and sweet, it's not as fishy as it sounds.2015 February 25, Clarissa Wei, “Tainin is Taiwan's food capital; these 19 dishes show why”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Dec…. From the entry Anping
• The fish should smell of the sea—ozoney and seasidey—rather than unpleasant and with a strong fishy smell.2013, Nathan Outlaw, Modern Seafood, page 10. From the entry ozoney
• Fish maw has no fishy taste and absorbs the flavors of other ingredients.2009 April 28, Teresa M. Chen, A Tradition of Soup: Flavors from China's Pearl River Delta, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 70. From the entry maw
• I had lied to Paddock about him, and the whole thing looked desperately fishy.1915 August–September, John Buchan, “The Milkman Sets Out on His Travels”, in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood…. From the entry make a clean breast
• Oxidative-rancidity odors are generally sharp and acrid and usually may be described as linseed-oil-like, tallowy, fishy, or perfumelike.1999, Ernest R Vieira, Elementary Food Science. From the entry perfumelike
• Have you never heard of a fishy place called Tjernobyl.1997 July 14, Lars Magnusson, “Global Worries (was: global warming)”, in talk.environment (Usenet), retrieved 03 Jun 2022. From the entry Tjernobyl
• But a frowzy, fishy smell lingers in his room.1994, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 8, in The Master of Petersburg, London: Secker & Warburg, page 90. From the entry frowzy
• I set down a fishy can of tuna, which in Catlandia is as enticing as foie gras to gourmets and shooting speedballs to junkies.2011, Jeff Kahn, You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up: A Love Story, page 46. From the entry -landia
• Fishy2: You are in New York?2008, Teri Brooks, Cracked Vases, page 127. From the entry bf
• Only the taloned fingers at the "shoulders" of their wings showed the lizardly blood, and their orange bills full of sharp fishy teeth.1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun, volume 3, page 126. From the entry lizardly
• "Something fishy is going on here!1972, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28. From the entry time forgot
• Another seafood restaurant facing the harbour, ‘Phosphorescence’ lights the way with its massive meze trays groaning under the weight of things fishy, olive oily and yoghurty.2015, James Bainbridge, Brett Atkinson, Stuart Butler, Steve Fallon, Will Gourlay, Jessica Lee, Virginia Maxwell, Turkey, 14th edition…. From the entry olive oily

Meaning of fishy

1. adjective Of, from, or similar to fish.
2. adjective Suspicious; inspiring doubt.
3. adjective Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

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How do you use fishy in a sentence?

Fishy is used as an adjective. For example: “What is that fishy odor?”

What is a short sentence with fishy?

“What is that fishy odor?”

What does fishy mean?

Fishy means of, from, or similar to fish.