fishkill

fish·kill

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fish-kil]
- /ˈfɪʃˌkɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fish-kil]
- /ˈfɪʃˌkɪl/

Definitions of fishkill word

noun fishkill the sudden destruction of large quantities of fish, as by pollution. 1
noun fishkill a mass death among the fish population of a given area caused by pollution or other contaminants 0

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Origin of fishkill

First appearance:

before 1960

One of the 3% newest English words

First recorded in 1960-65; fish + kill1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Fishkill

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Fishkill

fishkill popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

fishkill usage trend in Literature

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