"smell fishy" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: smells fishy [present, singular, third-person], smelling fishy [participle, present], smelled fishy [participle, past], smelled fishy [past], smelt fishy [participle, past], smelt fishy [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=smelt fishy}} smell fishy (third-person singular simple present smells fishy, present participle smelling fishy, simple past and past participle smelled fishy or smelt fishy)
  1. To seem suspicious Related terms: stink like a mackerel Translations (Translations): esti suspektinda (Esperanto), olla koira haudattuna (Finnish), puer (French), sentir l’arnaque (French), y avoir anguille sous roche (French), spanisch vorkommen (German), but see coś się święci (Polish), oler a pólvora (Spanish), oler a chamusquina (Spanish), oler a cuerno quemado (Spanish), dar mala espina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-smell_fishy-en-verb-~pFoLAOL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, French links with redundant wikilinks

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for smell fishy meaning in English (2.3kB)

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