catfishingnoun [ U ]
/ˈkæt.fɪʃ.ɪŋ//ˈkæt.fɪʃ.ɪŋ/catfishing noun [ U ] (FISHING)
the activity of trying to catch catfish:
These are some of the baits I use for catfishing.
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- I haven’t been able to get out to do any catfishing lately.
- We cover the basics of catfishing with limb lines.
- This is a vital piece of catfishing equipment.
- There have even been catfishing expeditions to exotic locations such as the Amazon River.
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- hunted
- reel
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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catfishing noun [ U ] (SOCIAL MEDIA)
informal the practice of pretending on social media to be someone different, in order to trick or attract another person:
Is editing your profile pic to make yourself look better really so different from catfishing?
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- Now there's more awareness of catfishing, hopefully it's harder to get away with it.
- Catfishing is the phenomenon of people fabricating online identities, often to trick others into romantic relationships.
- There are many complex motivations that lie behind catfishing.
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Cheating & tricking
- a numbers game idiom
- bad faith
- bamboozle
- bilk
- blackmail
- fleece
- gag
- hoodwink
- impersonate
- jape
- jiggery-pokery
- lead sb a (merry) dance idiom
- poison
- scam
- scammer
- screw
- sell sb a bill of goods idiom
- send/give out (all) the wrong signals idiom
- shaft
- wool
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