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spearphish

spearphish verb: to engage in spearphishing.

Verb

spearphish (third-person singular simple present spearphishes, present participle spearphishing, simple past and past participle spearphished)

  1. To engage in spearphishing.

Noun

spearphish (plural spearphishes)

  1. A spearphishing attack.

Forms of spearphish

Verb
third-person singular presentspearphishes
present participlespearphishing
past participlespearphished
pastspearphished
Noun
pluralspearphishes

Origin of spearphish

Back-formation from spearphishing.

Questions about spearphish

What does spearphish mean?
Spearphish means to engage in spearphishing.
What part of speech is spearphish?
Spearphish can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of spearphish?
The past tense of spearphish is spearphished.

Words near spearphish in the dictionary

  1. spearmint
  2. spearmints
  3. spearminty
  4. spearo
  5. spearos
  6. spearphish
  7. spearphished
  8. spearphisher
  9. spearphishers
  10. spearphishes
  11. spearphishing

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