fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
(obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
fisk (third-person singular simple present fisks, present participle fisking, simple past and past participle fisked)
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
Fisk
A surname.
A city and town in Missouri, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Fisk, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sw. fjeska to bustle about.]
Definition: To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.] He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
