fishing Syllabification: (fish·ing)Pronunciation: /ˈfiSHiNG/Translate fishing | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of fishing noun the activity of catching fish, either for food or as a sport. Phrases fishing expedition a search or investigation undertaken with the hope, though not the stated purpose, of discovering information:they worried about an FBI fishing expeditionfishing in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of fishing in the British & World English dictionary
