"fisk" meaning in English

See fisk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fɪsk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fisk.wav Forms: fisks [present, singular, third-person], fisking [participle, present], fisked [participle, past], fisked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪsk Etymology: Compare Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”). Etymology templates: {{cog|sv|fjäska|t=to bustle about}} Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
  1. (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fisk-en-verb-gPo5W6fY Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /fɪsk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fisk.wav Forms: fisks [present, singular, third-person], fisking [participle, present], fisked [participle, past], fisked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪsk Etymology: Back-formation from fisking. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|fisking}} Back-formation from fisking Head templates: {{en-verb}} fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
  1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
    Sense id: en-fisk-en-verb-vWiflo1z Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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