- present participle of fillet.
filleting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of filleting
Example Sentences
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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
Five fish cutters worked alongside one another, gutting, scaling and filleting just-purchased seafood, from 10-inch bream to burly grouper and hog snapper longer than an adult’s arm.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2021
The River Cottage Experience includes a tour of the organic farm and foraging and cooking lessons, from making bread to curing pork belly and filleting and steaming fish.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2019
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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