"dead fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-dead fish.ogg [Australia] Forms: dead fish [plural], dead fishes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|dead fish|+}} dead fish (plural dead fish or dead fishes)
  1. (slang) A sexual partner who lies flat and unresponsive during sex. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: cold fish, starfish Translations (sexual partner who lies flat during sex): 死魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 死鱼 (sǐyú) (Chinese Mandarin), søstjerne [common-gender] (Danish), lahna (Finnish), étoile de mer (French), マグロ (maguro) (Japanese), бревно́ (brevnó) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dead_fish-en-noun-thtYk1jb Disambiguation of Sex: 87 9 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 28 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 21 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 14 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 71 23 6 Disambiguation of 'sexual partner who lies flat during sex': 97 2 1
  2. (baseball, slang) A hit that travels a limited distance and then falls straight to the ground. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-dead_fish-en-noun-UDkVcusb Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, fish.
    Sense id: en-dead_fish-en-noun-p2WOI~GO

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "sexual partner who lies flat during sex",
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