- present participle of fillet.
filleting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of filleting
Example Sentences
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Things have disintegrated since, hastened by the predictable filleting of goods and services to extrude every last cent of value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Like, even after a lifetime of hooking, catching, gutting, filleting, smoking and eating the fish, he can’t quite believe how wondrous they really are.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Mr. Mouland put the birds in the oven, and the men turned to filleting the day’s catch of cod.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2016
By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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