FISK

Definition: FISK

FISK

Intransitive verb

1. To run about; to frisk; to whisk.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "FISK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

Etymology: Fisk \Fisk\, intransitive verb. [Compare to Swedish fjeska to bustle about.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Fisk (in Hudibras) was Nicholas Fisk, a physician and astrologer, who used to say that a physician never deserved his bread till he had no teeth to eat it. In his old age he was almost a beggar. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
FISK	Danish	Fiskeriudvalget	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Journey	Take horse, ride, drive, trot, amble, canter, prance, fisk, frisk, caracoler, caracole; gallop; (move quickly).
Velocity	Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: FISK

Non-English Usage: "FISK" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (fish), Frisian (fish), Norwegian (fish), Swedish (fish).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Dr. Fisk! (Big Man on Campus; writing credit: Allan Katz)
Movie/TV Titles	Lykken er en underlig fisk (1989)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A History of Fisk University, 1865-1946 (reference) Anti-Rebel: The Civil War Letters of Wilbur Fisk (reference) Hard Marching Every Day: The Civil War Letters of Private Wilbur Fisk, 1861-1865 (reference) Jubilee Jim: From Circus Traveler to Wall Street Rogue: The Remarkable Life Of Colonel James Fisk, Jr. (Legends of Commerce) (reference) Mr. Ferdinand Fisk, Cat Detective: Story and Pictures (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Fisk University Jubilee Singers, Vol. 1 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Rodman Fisk holding the level rod steady Level party of Glendon Boothe.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Extempo club of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Addison Avenue looking north at Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, showing Jubilee Hall, Fisk memorial chapel, and the Daniel Hand Model School.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fisk, Jr.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Last exchange. Camp Fisk, Four Mile Bridge (Vicksburg), April, 1865.Credit: Library of Congress.		Fisk Memorial Chapel, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Jubilee Hall, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.Credit: Library of Congress.		Monument of Col. James Fisk, Jr.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Statues and sculpture. Bust of Harlan Fisk Stone, Chief Justice I.Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of James V. Lowe, baritone and member of the Fisk University Music Department.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"FISK" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 77.27% of the time. "FISK" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	77.27%	17	85,106
Noun (common)	22.73%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	22	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "FISK" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Fisk	Last name	4,000	2,933
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Fisk, MO (city, FIPS 24328)
Location: 36.78222 N, 90.20741 W
Population (1990): 422 (196 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 63940
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FISK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fisk university	172	arnie fisk	4
robert fisk	158	james fisk	4
fisk	115	fisk pliny	4
carlton fisk	80	fisk independent robert	4
fisk tire	33	fisk william	3
schuyler fisk	29	fisk yarmouth	3
electric fisk	10	fisk rensa	3
fisk jubilee singer	9	firework fisk	3
jack fisk	8	fisk jim	3
dick fisk	8	fisk phantom tire	3
fisk missouri	6	fisk receipt	3
eliot fisk	6	steve fisk	3
fisk i norge rensa	6	fisk harvard university	3
jerry fisk	6	fisk great yarmouth	3
disease fisk	5	fisk wheels	3
carlton fisk picture	5	fisk wilson	3
agency fisk teacher	5	fisk rebecca	3
fisk röka	4	college fisk guide	3
fersk fisk	4	fisk norge rensa	3
fisk college	4	av fisk rökning	3
		schuyler fisk picture	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FISK

Language		Translations for "FISK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		államkincstár (exchequer, treasury). (various references)

Pig Latin		iskfay

Romanian		Fisc (exchequer, fisc, treasury). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: FISK

Derivations
	Words ending with "FISK": lutefisk. (additional references)
	Words containing "FISK": lutefisks. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "FISK"

Words ending with "isk": disk. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FISK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: kifs.
	Words within the letters "f-i-k-s"
	-1 letter: ifs, kif, ski.
	-2 letters: if, is, si.
	Words containing the letters "f-i-k-s"
	+1 letter: finks, frisk, kaifs, kiefs, skiff.
	+2 letters: fakirs, flicks, frisks, frisky, kafirs, kalifs, kefirs, knifes, sifaka, skiffs.
	+3 letters: alfakis, firkins, folkies, folkish, fossick, foxskin, frisked, frisker, frisket, funkias, kaffirs, khalifs, kistful, knifers, sifakas, skiffle, skilful, skinful, turfski.
	+4 letters: backfits, calfskin, disfrock, fakeries, ficklest, finbacks, finmarks, fishhook, fishlike, flakiest, flickers, flokatis, flukiest, flunkies, folksier, folksily, foreskin, forkiest, fossicks, foxskins, freakish, friskers, friskets, friskier, friskily, frisking, funkiest, jackfish, khalifas, kickoffs, kinfolks, kingfish, kinsfolk, kistfuls, lutefisk, mafficks, milkfish, monkfish, pickoffs, ratfinks, refusnik, rockfish, serflike, skiffled, skiffles, skillful, skinfuls, stickful, suckfish, surflike, turfskis, weakfish.
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