fisk

present singular third person fisks · participle present fisking · participle past fisked · past fisked

1. obsoleteTo 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.

   1549 April 8 (Gregorian calendar), Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[27 Sermons Preached by the Ryght Reuerende Father in God and Constant Matir of Iesus Christe, Maister Hugh Latimer, […].] The Fourth Sermon of Master Hugh Latimer whiche He Preached before Kyng Edwarde [VI], the .XXIX. Day of Marche.”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 50, recto

present singular third person fisks · participle present fisking · participle past fisked · past fisked

1. To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.

   Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

   2008 March 13, “Fisked By Obama”, in The Economist

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   A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!

   2002 December, Institute of Public Affairs, “The World of Blog”, in Review, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2009

1. A surname originating as an occupation or transferred from the nickname [in turn from Old Norse].
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Adair County, Iowa.
   2. A minor city in Butler County, Missouri.
   3. An unincorporated community in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.