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A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gig
Antonyms: none provided
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spear, gig, fizgig, lance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
Narrower terms: harpoon, leister
A modification of fizgig, probably influenced by fish.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
тризъбец
(trizǎbec)
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Cherokee:
ᏗᎦᏘᏍᏗ
(digatisdi)
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Danish:
lyster
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Dutch:
aalgeer
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Finnish:
atrain
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Galician:
fisga
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Galician:
francada
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Georgian:
კარაპა
(ḳaraṗa)
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Georgian:
კარჭაპი
(ḳarč̣aṗi)
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Italian:
arpione
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lyster
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Norwegian Bokmål:
lystregaffel
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Russian:
остро́га
(ostróga)
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Swedish:
ljuster
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.
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Swedish:
harpun
— spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, etc.