fishing pole
12
1.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪʃɪŋ poʊl/
:
caña de pescar
- Every Saturday, he packs his fishing pole and heads to the lake to catch trout.
- Grab your fishing pole
- buy a fishing pole
- old fishing pole
You give me a a fucking bucket of beers and a fishing pole like I'm catching something.
- You give me a a fucking bucket of beers and a fishing pole like I'm catching something.
- Yeah, I probably had the space to keep, you know, my fishing pole and, and, and the tackle that goes along with it.
- You, you have a fishing fishing pole and a nylon fishing line.
- That's the steam bait yes put this on a fishing pole you're gonna catch yourself.
- And here I am shoving this thing like a fishing pole down into my engine block, trying to fish out in in the middle of like all the oil.
Examples
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His hands gently grip a wooden fishing pole.
Fiction book (1990) -
My grandmother was wearing overalls, and she had a cane fishing pole in one hand and a big fish she'd just caught in the other.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hey, maybe we should get fishing poles out or something.
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What are we gonna do with a fishing pole out here?
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Nobody in town has a fishing pole like this.
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You have a fishing pole.
Fiction book (2002) -
Come on back, I'll get you a fishing pole.
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We got your fishing pole, we'll go fishing.
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Someone handed her a fishing pole.
Fiction book (2001) -
You've seen a fishing pole before, I'm sure, but I bet you've never seen an expert caster.
Synonyms
318
1.0
A long thin stick used to support things or in sports
148
2.1
A long thin stick of metal or wood used for a specific purpose
9
1.3
A long, thin pole used to catch fish
3
4.6
A long, flexible fishing rod used to cast light flies for fishing
1
3.6
A fishing rod for throwing light lures using a spinning reel
How Simple
12
1.4
686
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a long rod used for angling' is directly and compositionally derived from 'fishing' (the activity of catching fish) + 'pole' (a long stick). This noun+noun compound follows a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Fishing pole comes from the simple image of a long stick called a pole used for fishing, with a line and hook at the end. So, it means 'a long rod used to fish'.