English Explanatory Dictionary

bloater

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
  2. A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes (Coregonus hoyi).
noun
  1. a fat person
  2. a greedy person

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bloater.wav

Word forms

bloater bloaters

Etymology

From bloat + -er, because they swell during preparation.

Synonyms

kieye wanker

Derived words

bloater paste blue bloater
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