Definition of "fishy" in English

adjective

1. Of, from, or similar to fish.

   • What is that fishy odor?

2. (figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

   • I don't trust him; his claims seem fishy to me.
   • There was something more to this than met the eye, and he had the distinct feeling that the marshal had just snookered him into a corner. But he couldn't very well refuse, and it would look fishy if he demanded they march now.

3. (LGBTQ slang) Of a drag queen or a trans woman: appearing very feminine and resembling a cisgender woman.

noun

1. (childish) Diminutive of fish.