Fisk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɪsk/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Fisk is a verb meaning To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
Meaning
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk.
Example Sentences
Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
[W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.
Word Forms
- fisks
- fisking
- fisked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include firk, forswing, swish, fike, fistle, faddle.
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