Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fishy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fishy \Fish"y\, a.
1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or
taste of fish; abounding in fish. --Pope.
2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish;
improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fishy
adj : (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about
the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some
definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her
motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {funny},
{queer}, {shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}]
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