Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
goldfish [gohld-fish] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural (especially collectively) gold·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gold·fish·es.
- a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- garibaldi(def 2).
Origin of goldfish First recorded in 1690–1700; gold + fish Examples from the Web for goldfish Contemporary Examples of goldfish
They include “The Goldfish Pool at Chartwell” painted in 1932 and “The Harbour, Cannes,” painted circa 1933.
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And in item 6c I get to list my dependents—three children, four dogs, six laying hens, two goldfish, and a hamster.
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She told Harry that she did not want to live in the goldfish bowl of Royal family life.
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He found a manager who was buying a package of Goldfish crackers and pulled the pellet gun on him.
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November 26, 2012
I got to bring my kids to set every day and they got Goldfish crumbs in the Oval Office carpet.
Rachel Syme
April 27, 2009
Historical Examples of goldfish
Kitty threw a crust to the goldfish and watched them swirl about it greedily.
Harold MacGrath
It is all true—my dream, and what I saw myself do in the bowl of goldfish.
Cleveland Moffett
To be sure, she had asked him not to use the water from the goldfish globe; but he just would.
Sewell Ford
We don’t need mercury any more than a goldfish needs a gas-mask.
Edward Elmer Smith
I guess he always did look like a goldfish, but I mean even more like, then.
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Roger Kuykendall
British Dictionary definitions for goldfish goldfish noun plural -fish or -fishes
- a freshwater cyprinid fish, Carassius auratus, of E Europe and Asia, esp China, widely introduced as a pond or aquarium fish. It resembles the carp and has a typically golden or orange-red coloration
- any of certain similar ornamental fishes, esp the golden orfeSee orfe
Word Origin and History for goldfish n.
1690s, from gold + fish (n.); introduced into England from China, where they are native. A goldfish bowl, figurative of a situation of no privacy, was in use by 1935.