fish
noun
any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
outfish
-
a word derived from
fish.
Example Sentences
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Kerewin is a memorable heroine, a chain-smoking, stumpy, frizzy-haired genius of a woman who can outfight, outfish and outwit anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
He does not require an audience, although he likes to have someone around to outfish.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016
“You’re not going to outfish the Ohio River,” said Robert Hubbard, the owner of Hubbard’s South Lakes, a pay-lake business in Mooresville.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
While I am too wise to undertake to outwalk, outfish, or outrun you, I will venture to contract to keep you entertained diligently and discreetly during your sojourn with us.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
With this delicate outfit, and with a light hand and a long line, one may easily outfish the native angler, and fill a twelve-pound basket every fair day.
From Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things by Henry Van Dyke
