fishy

UK /ˈfɪʃi/ US /ˈfɪʃi/
adj 3

Definitions

adj

1

Of, from, or similar to fish.

What is that fishy odor?

The ſwifteſt Ship beneath with ſudden Chains / In mid Career the fiſhy Bank detains. / The Wind all uſeleſs in the Canvas roars, / In vain the Sailors tug the ſticking Oars. / Fixt as a Rock the ſteady Throng abides; / The Ship as anchor'd in her Harbour rides.

2

Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.

Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.

3

Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

One day I dressed up all out fishy to go to my mother's place. I knocked and started walking in past her. She was like 'Can I help you?' I said, 'Ma?' and she was like OMG! She actually thought I was one of her boyfriend's hoochie [mamas].

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