Meaning

(chiefly Scotland) An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly Scotland) An Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
2. Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
3. A pilot whale (Globicephalus spp.) and occasionally also used for various other whales).
4. (Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
5. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick (Girella tricuspidata), and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
6. (fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
7. (Internet slang, derogatory, of a non-black person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).

Example Sentences

The creek was reputed to contain blackfish and Nathan […] arranged the extraordinary collection of American lures he had inherited from an uncle.

Earlier (Caldwell and Caldwell 1971a), we concentrated on the blackfishing at St. Vincent, the fishery with which we were most familiar, and listed known localities of fishing for blackfish and other species in the southern Caribbean.

Long Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island Sound, and Narragansett Bay have many spots where blackfishing is productive year after year.

Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.

Judging from not only various records of campus life but also the numerous Instagram accounts of women appearing as "black" personalities — a phenomenon known as "blackfishing" — many do not know better.

On Sept. 28, Tumblr user wickedghastly posted allegations that the rapper has blackfished her fans. “Literally if you just look at images of her you can physically see her morphing herself over the years into looking Black,” wickedghastly wrote.

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