Catfish

Quick meaning: Catfish is a noun meaning Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

Meaning

Any fish of the order Siluriformes, mainly found in fresh water, lacking scales, and having barbels like whiskers around the mouth.

More Meanings

1. The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.
2. (intransitive) To fish for catfish.
3. (Internet) Someone who creates a false profile on a social media platform in order to deceive people.
4. (Internet) Such a false profile.
5. (Internet, slang, transitive) To create and operate a fake online profile to deceive (someone).

Example Sentences

I only use this rod for catfishing.

[to Abed] You made a profile for a fake dude and lured her into an online relationship. [to Annie] He's catfishing you.

Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.

Getting catfished is when someone falls for a person online who is not necessarily real. It can involve pictures, phone calls, social media profiles, text messages, e-mails and even phony friends or family members.

Word Forms

• catfishes
• catfishing
• catfished

Synonyms for catfish

Depending on context, synonyms include catlet, sheatfish, catfisher, mudcat, wolffish, wolf fish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wolffish, mudcat, wolf fish, flathead, fish, river.

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