What does fisk mean?
Fisk means (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk..
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/fɪsk/ · verb
(obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk..
[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.
A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
Use fisk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fisk means (obsolete) To run about; to fist; to whisk..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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.
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