bloater

[bloh-ter]

noun

1. a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.

2. a mackerel similarly cured.

3. a freshwater cisco, Coregonus hoyi, found in the Great Lakes.

bloater

/ ˈbləʊtə /

noun

1. a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured

2. slang,  a fat or greedy person

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloater¹

1825–35; bloat (adj.) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The entire town is trying to survive this onslaught and originally, in the text, there’s like two or three bloaters.

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In "The Last of Us," the fungus evolves to infect humans, transforming them into a variety of infected, with the most dangerous being the later-stage monsters known as "clickers" and "bloaters."

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I once had some Swedish anchovies that swelled up like a bloater fish.

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It ends at the “Bloater Bash,” where participants will dine on whole smoked alewife herring, called “bloaters.”

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Also, because bloaters with overly distended bellies often have weak abdominal muscles, keeping your midsection strong by doing sit-ups and other core-strengthening exercises could make a difference.

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