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Fisk

[ fisk ]

noun

  1. James, 1834–72, U.S. financier and stock speculator.


fisk

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. slang.
    to refute or criticize (a journalistic article or blog) point by point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fisk1

C21: after the use of this technique by Robert Fisk (born 1946), British journalist, to criticize articles
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Example Sentences

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The Chargers already tendered tight end Tucker Fisk, and have free agency decisions to make on Stone Smartt and Hayden Hurst behind returning tight end Will Dissly.

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In 2025, Wilson Fisk’s ascendance to New York City’s top office in “Daredevil: Born Again” is entirely plausible.

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Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.

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Fisk’s successful mayoral run tests his attorney’s faith in that theory.

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Writer Charles Soule introduced the storyline of Mayor Fisk in 2017, well after the country saw what type of leader Trump is.

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