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fish·y

 (fĭsh′ē)
adj. fish·i·er, fish·i·est
1. Resembling or suggestive of fish, as in taste or odor.
2. Cold or expressionless: a fishy stare.
3. Informal Inspiring doubt or suspicion: Something is fishy about the accident.
fish′i·ly adv.
fish′i·ness n.
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fishy

(ˈfɪʃɪ)
adj, fishier or fishiest
1. of, involving, or suggestive of fish
2. abounding in fish
3. informal suspicious, doubtful, or questionable: their leaving at the same time looked fishy.
4. dull and lifeless: a fishy look.
ˈfishily adv
ˈfishiness n
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fish•y

(ˈfɪʃ i)

adj. fish•i•er, fish•i•est.
1. like a fish esp. in smell or taste.
2. dubious; suspicious: That excuse sounds fishy.
[1540–50]
fish′i•ly, adv.
fish′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.fishy - of or relating to or resembling fish; "the soup had a fishy smell"
2.fishy - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
suspect, suspicious, funny, shady
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
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fishy

adjective
1. fishlike, piscine, piscatorial, piscatory It hasn't a very strong fishy flavour.
2. (Informal) suspicious, odd, suspect, unlikely, funny (informal), doubtful, dubious, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), queer, rum (Brit. slang), questionable, improbable, implausible, cock-and-bull (informal) There seems to be something fishy going on.
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fishy

adjective
Informal. Of dubious character:
doubtful, equivocal, questionable, shady, suspect, suspicious, uncertain.
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Translations
سَمَكي الرائِحَهمَشْبوه، غَريب
podezřelýrybí
fiske-mistænkeligmuggen
halszerû
fisk-undarlegur; grunsamlegur
rybí
balık gibibalık tadındakuşkuluşüpheli

fishy

[ˈfɪʃɪ] ADJ (fishier (compar) (fishiest (superl)))
1. [smell, taste] → a pescado
2. (= suspect) → sospechoso
there's something fishy about him → hay algo en él que resulta sospechoso
it sounds fishy to me → me huele a chamusquina (Sp)
there's something fishy going on here → aquí hay gato encerrado, me huele a chamusquina (Sp)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fishy

[ˈfɪʃi] adj
[taste, smell] → de poisson
(made with fish) [dish] → au poisson
(= suspicious) → suspect(e), louche
It all sounds rather fishy to me → Ça m'a l'air louche.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fishy

adj (+er)
fishy smell → Fischgeruch m; it smells rather fishy → es riecht ziemlich nach Fisch
(inf) → verdächtig; excuse, story → faul (inf); there’s something fishy about his story → an seiner Geschichte ist was faul (inf); something fishy is going on → hier ist was faul (inf)
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fishy

[ˈfɪʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl)))
a. (smell, taste) (usu pej) → di pesce
b. (fam) (suspicious) → losco/a, sospetto/a
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fish

(fiʃ) noun – plurals fish (rare) ˈfishes –
1. a kind of creature that lives in water and breathes through gills. There are plenty of fish around the coast.
2. its flesh eaten as food. Do you prefer meat or fish?
verb
1. to (try to) catch fish (in). She likes fishing; He fished the river all day.
2. (usually with for) to search for. She fished around in her handbag for a handkerchief.
3. (usually with for) to try to get by indirect means. He is always fishing for compliments.
ˈfishy adjective
1. of or like a fish. a fishy smell.
2. odd or suspicious. There's something fishy about that man.
ˈfishball noun
mashed fish shaped into a ball and cooked.
ˈfisherman noun
a person who fishes either as a job or as a hobby.
ˈfish farm noun
an area of fresh water for breeding fish as a business.
fish farmer
a person who breeds fish.
ˈfish hatchery noun
a place for hatching fish eggs.
ˈfishing-line noun
a fine strong thread, now usually made of nylon, used with a rod, hooks etc for catching fish.
ˈfishing-rod noun
a long thin flexible rod used with a fishing-line and hooks etc for catching fish.
fish merchant
a fishmonger.
ˈfishmonger noun
1. a person who sells fish.
2. a shop that sells mainly fish. I must go down to the fishmonger.
feel like a fish out of water
to feel uncomfortable or out of place in a situation.
fish out
to pull something out with some difficulty. At last he fished out the letter he was looking for.
The plural fish is never wrong, but sometimes fishes is used in talking about different individuals or species: How many fish did you catch? ; the fishes of the Indian Ocean ; the story of two little fishes .
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