Definition of "goldfish" in English

noun

1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.

   • For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.

2. (figuratively, informal) A person with an unreliable memory.

3. Nonstandard form of Goldfish (“a small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish”).