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sportfishing

sportfishing noun: fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing. Also the present participle and gerund of sportfish.

Noun

sportfishing (uncountable)

  1. fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing

Also used as

sportfishing is also the present participle and gerund of sportfish.

Forms of sportfishing

alternative formsport fishing

Origin of sportfishing

From sport + fishing.

See sportfish

Questions about sportfishing

What does sportfishing mean?
Sportfishing means fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing.
What part of speech is sportfishing?
Sportfishing is a noun.

Words near sportfishing in the dictionary

  1. sportfisheries
  2. sportfisherman
  3. sportfishermen
  4. sportfishery
  5. sportfishes
  6. sportfishing
  7. sportful
  8. sportfull
  9. sportfully
  10. sportfulness
  11. Sportianity

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