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lunker

lunker

1 9.0
A very large fish often caught by people who fish
  • noun
  • /ˈlʌŋkər/
  • Specialized
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  • Everyone at the lake was amazed by the size of the lunker he had landed after hours of fishing.
  • lunker bass
  • lunker largemouths
  • hooking a lunker

I think you'll be seeing a lot of lunkers and lake Fort guy the rest of the week.

Examples

  • During the fishing tournament, she managed to reel in a stunning lunker from the deep waters.

  • Probably hooked a lunker drum, I say.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I think you'll be seeing a lot of lunkers and lake Fort guy the rest of the week.

    Jiggin' With Jordan

  • The angler was thrilled when he caught a massive lunker that weighed over ten pounds.

How Big

lunker
  • Specialized
1 9.0
large
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

lunker singular
lunkers plural

Morphology

lunker = lunk (opaque) = lunk + er

The word is formed with '-er' from 'lunk', but the specialized fishing sense is not directly predictable from the base meaning.

Etymology

Lunker probably comes from lunk, an old word like lump which means 'a heavy piece'. That's why fishermen call a very large fish a lunker: it is a big, heavy catch.