Trout
WordNet
noun
(1) Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
(2) Flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , in part from , from , perhaps from , from , from .
Noun
- Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
- Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.
- An elderly woman of dubious sensibilities.
- Look, you silly old trout; you can't keep bringing home cats! You can't afford the ones you have!
Etymology 2
Mid 80's BBS message boards, imitative of "thirty lashes with a wet noodle" only stinkier. Almost certainly from Monty Python's The Fish-Slapping Dance (1972) although the fish in that sketch was a halibut.
Verb
- To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.