fishing rod

American  

noun

• fishing rods
  plural

1. a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.

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fishing rod British  

noun

1. a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fishing rods
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of fishing rod

First recorded in 1545–55

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fishing rod

Fixating on my fishing rod, I had allowed the idling machine to bottom out in the shell spoil, some of which got sucked into the intake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Estimated to fetch up to $500,000, it is being offered alongside Quint's Fenwick fishing rod and reel, which featured during the film's early shark encounter scenes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

He said the "final resort" if they ran out of all their supplies was a fishing rod they had brought with them to catch their own food.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025

Officials have struggled to get the robot past the wreckage, and hope that by October they can use a simpler device that looks like a fishing rod to get a primary sample.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

My grandfather tucked the butt of the fishing rod under one arm and took out another old photograph to show me.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

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