Definizione monolingua

minnow

minnow (third-person singular simple present minnows, present participle minnowing, simple past and past participle minnowed)

1. (fishing) to fish minnows
2. (fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait

minnow (plural minnows)

1. A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
2. More generally, any small fish.
3. (soccer) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
   • 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, BBC:

     Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sundays draw.

Definizione dizionario minnow

pesciolino

Altri significati:

More generally, any small fish.

(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait

Any fish of the family Cyprinidae.

any small fish

a small freshwater fish

A fish (Phoxinus phoxinus) of the family Cyprinidae.

A small freshwater fish of the carp family.

(soccer) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.

(fishing) to fish minnows