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
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
