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fisk.

To run about; to fist; to whisk.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɪsk/
  1. To run about; to fist; to whisk.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).

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

Where this word comes from

Back-formation from fisking.

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