"fishgig" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fishgig.wav [US] Forms: fishgigs [plural], fizgig [alternative, archaic], fisgig [alternative, obsolete], fissgig [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: A modification of fizgig, probably influenced by fish. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fishgig (plural fishgigs)
  1. (fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon. Synonyms: gig Translations (spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.): тризъбец (trizăbec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ (digatisdi) (Cherokee), lyster [common-gender] (Danish), aalgeer [masculine] (Dutch), atrain (Finnish), fisga [feminine] (Galician), francada [feminine] (Galician), კარაპა (ḳaraṗa) (Georgian), კარჭაპი (ḳarč̣aṗi) (Georgian), arpione [masculine] (Italian), lyster [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), lystregaffel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), остро́га (ostróga) [feminine] (Russian), ljuster [neuter] (Swedish), harpun [common-gender] (Swedish)

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