单词 | catfish |
释义 | catfish1 of 2noun cat·fish ˈkat-ˌfish 1 : any of an order (Siluriformes) of chiefly freshwater stout-bodied scaleless bony fishes having long tactile barbels 2 : a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes catfish 2 of 2verb catfished; catfishing; catfishes 1 intransitive : to fish for catfish … Bob was catfishing off a floating Ohio River dock near Eight Mile Road east of Cincinnati one early summer evening … Kentucky Happy Hunting Ground 2 transitive : to deceive (someone) by creating a false personal profile online "They never actually met. She was an online thing. They'd been talking for over a year. We were all pretty sure she was catfishing him, but he was convinced she was legit and that they were in love." R. L. Naquin "Heather" stopped messaging me abruptly several months after we started talking. She was a grown woman, and I never lied about how young I was. Even so, I've never been quite sure which one of us was being catfished. Vanessa Vitiello Uruhart see also catfish entry 1 sense 2 catfishing noun … this novel is timely due to recent high-profile examples of "catfishing"—where an individual creates a false online identity, often with deceptive or malicious romantic goals. Ryan F. Paulsen |
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