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Meaning of fishhead | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈfɪʃhɛd/

Definitions

  1. The head of a fish.
  2. A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman.
    slang
  3. A person from Southeast Asia.
    ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Equivalents

Examples

“Being a Plymouth girl, I had heard plenty of racy stories about navy chaps, or fishheads as we called you. The navy regularly swarmed the streets of Plymouth on a Saturday night.”
“> >I see you are trying to post in chink. Ha!! Ha!! > > No, that was an English translation of your post. Your^([sic]) a fishhead Ha!! Ha!!”
“For locking you fishheads up after Pearl Harbor.”
“i thought jule chen and connie chung were both the same people...wat do i know. i cannot tell those fuckin people apart. fishheads.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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