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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal An aloof person.

Wiktionary

  1. n. idiomatic A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.
  2. n. slang A sexual partner who, during copulation, lacks vigor or emotional reciprocity.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an aloof unemotional person

Etymologies

  1. First used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • ““A dull and unpleasant man,” Odysseus said musingly, “yet I suppose even a cold fish like him must have a wife.””

    Lord of the Silver Bow

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. swordfish
  2. xiphias gladius
  3. whitefish
  4. grayling
  5. sushi
  1. cold-blooded
  2. kedjeree
  3. lance-fish
  4. 15-foot-long
  5. cold turkey
  1. galantine
  2. Winter_24
  3. thorny skate
  4. polyunsaturated
  5. raja radiata
  1. salad
  2. el nino southern oscillation
  3. lake herring
  4. smelt
  5. cisco
  1. cod
  2. codfish
  3. coregonus artedi
  4. pesto
  5. mayonnaise

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