Associations to the word «Minnow»

Wiktionary

MINNOW, noun. A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
MINNOW, noun. More generally, any small fish.
MINNOW, noun. (football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
MINNOW, verb. (fishing) to fish minnows
MINNOW, verb. (fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait

Dictionary definition

MINNOW, noun. Very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats