kalastaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
kalastaa is used for these senses in English:
- fish (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
- fish (intransitive, followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
- troll (fishing) To fish in (a place) using a running fishing line (that is, a line with a hook on the end which is drawn along the water surface, possibly a line which would originally have been spooled on to a troll (etymology 2, noun sense 8.1)).
fish — full definition
- noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
- noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
- verb To try to catch fish.
- verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.
troll — full definition
- noun In folklore, a large, often ugly supernatural creature living in caves, hills, or under bridges.
- verb To post deliberately provocative or inflammatory comments online to upset people or derail a discussion.
- noun Someone who posts such deliberately provocative content online.
- verb To fish by trailing a baited line behind a slowly moving boat.
- noun A person who deliberately posts inflammatory, off-topic or provocative messages online to upset people or derail a discussion, typically for their own amusement.