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Webster 1913 Edition
Catfish
Cat′fishˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes;
as, the
This name is also sometimes applied to the yellow cat
(Amiurus natalis
); the bind cat
(Gronias nigrilabrus
); the mud cat
(Pilodictic oilwaris
), the stone cat
(Noturus flavus
); the sea cat
(Arius felis
), etc. wolf fish
. See Bullhrad
. Definition 2024
catfish
catfish
English
Noun
catfish (countable and uncountable, plural catfish or catfishes)
- Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.
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Derived terms
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Translations
type of fish
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Verb
catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)
Etymology 2
From the 2010 documentary Catfish.
Noun
catfish (plural catfishes)
- (Internet) Someone who creates a fake profile on a social media platform in order to seduce people.
- (Internet) Such a fake profile.
Verb
catfish (third-person singular simple present catfishes, present participle catfishing, simple past and past participle catfished)
- (Internet, slang, transitive) To create a fake online profile to seduce (someone).
- 2013 January 17, Mary Pilon, “In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members.
- 2014 January 16, Donald Glover as Troy, Cooperative Polygraphy (Community) (TV), season 5, episode 4, NBC, 12:17 from the start:
- [to Abed] You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. [to Annie] He's catfishing you.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:catfish.
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