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Definition of catfish verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

catfish

verb
 
/ˈkætfɪʃ/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they catfish
 
/ˈkætfɪʃ/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃ/
he / she / it catfishes
 
/ˈkætfɪʃɪz/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃɪz/
past simple catfished
 
/ˈkætfɪʃt/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃt/
past participle catfished
 
/ˈkætfɪʃt/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃt/
-ing form catfishing
 
/ˈkætfɪʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈkætfɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to fish for catfish
    • go catfishing I used to go catfishing with my dad.
  2. [transitive, usually passive] (US English, informal) to pretend to be somebody else on social media in order to trick somebody into having a relationship online
    • be/get catfished My cousin got catfished by a guy she met online.

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