fisk

verboverboatestiguado en diálogos

//fɪsk//

To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.

verbo

1
obsoletoTo run about; to fist; to whisk.
[W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.

Etimología

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”).

verbo

1
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.

Etimología

Back-formation from fisking.

Formas

pasado: fisked
participio: fisked
gerundio: fisking
3.ª persona del singular: fisks

Fishes · The constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.fishing · The act of catching fish.fishy · Of, from, or similar to fish.

fisk · To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.

Fisk · A surname.fist · A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.fit · Suitable; proper

Las páginas vecinas — El orden alfabético sigue las reglas del idioma, no el valor de los bytes: un acento solo desempata entre dos palabras por lo demás idénticas, y la Ñ es una letra propia con su propia sección.