"scomfish" meaning in English

See scomfish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: scomfishes [present, singular, third-person], scomfishing [participle, present], scomfished [participle, past], scomfished [past]
Etymology: From scomfit, from discomfit. Etymology templates: {{m|en|scomfit}} scomfit, {{m|en|discomfit}} discomfit Head templates: {{en-verb}} scomfish (third-person singular simple present scomfishes, present participle scomfishing, simple past and past participle scomfished)
  1. (transitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To suffocate or stifle; to smother. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-scomfish-en-verb-kgAUjB6I Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
  2. (intransitive, UK, Scotland, dialect) To be suffocated or stifled. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-scomfish-en-verb-RMlzklcE Categories (other): British English, Scottish English

Inflected forms

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