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mackerel

noun
/ˈmæk(ə)ɹəl/

Etymology

From Middle English makerel, maquerel, from Old French maquerel, from Middle Dutch makelare, makelaer (“broker”) (> makelaar (“broker, peddler”)). See also French maquereau.

  1. derived from makelare
  2. derived from maquerel
  3. inherited from makerel

Definitions

  1. Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family…

    Certain smaller edible fish, principally true mackerel and Spanish mackerel in family Scombridae, often speckled,

  2. A true mackerel, any fish of tribe Scombrini (Scomber spp., Rastrelliger spp.)

  3. Certain other similar small fish in families Carangidae, Gempylidae, and Hexagrammidae.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A regular pattern, similar to fish scales, of undulating small clouds with sky visible…

      A regular pattern, similar to fish scales, of undulating small clouds with sky visible between them.

      • a mackerel sky
      • MACKEREL CLOUDS.- Mackerel scales and mares' tails / Make lofty ships carry low sails.
      • Mackerel clouds in sky, Expect more wet than dry. A mackerel sky, Not twenty-four hours dry.

    2. A pimp

      A pimp; also, a bawd.

      • NETTING MACKEREL: THE PIMP DETAIL
      • Hundreds of ‘night birds’ and their ‘mackerels’ and other vice-pushers were sent packing.

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Derived

Atka mackerel, Atlantic mackerel, butterfly mackerel, cero mackerel, chub mackerel, cold as a mackerel, common mackerel, dead as a mackerel, double-lined mackerel, Great Mackerel Beach, holy mackerel, horse mackerel, jack mackerel, king mackerel, mackerel bird, mackerel breeze, mackerel cock, mackereler, mackerel gale, mackerel gull, mackerel icefish, mackerelled, mackerelling, mackerelly, mackerel midge, mackerel mint, mackerel pike, mackerel-pike, mackerel scad, mackerel shad, mackerel shark, mackerel sky, mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails, mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails, mackerel snapper, mackerel tuna, snake mackerel, Spanish mackerel, stink like a mackerel, stink like a mackerel in the moonlight · +4 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA