trout

[trout] /traʊt/

noun, plural (especially collectively) trout (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) trouts.

any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.

Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.

any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus.

Compare brook trout (def 1), char² , Dolly Varden (def 4), lake trout.

any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.

Origin

before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent to trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun suffix

Related forms

troutless, adjective

troutlike, adjective

Examples from the web for trout

Combine the trout and the scallions in a food processor and process, pulsing until everything is finely chopped.
Fishing is one thing, being the trout in a party game seems much worse.
The gigantic fish is the world's largest salmonid the family of fish that includes salmon and trout.
Unfortunately, lake trout and these carp usually occupy different habitats.
Add rotisserie chicken or smoked trout and you can call it dinner.
Before flushing that expired bottle of antidepressants down the toilet, consider whether trout really need a serotonin boost.
Such articles of yours work as bait for trout fishing.
On weekends, a host talks trout and reveals secret fishing holes.
The brown trout rose languidly, to an emerging mayfly barely larger than the head of a straight pin.
Once a trout even tugged on my zipper on the back of my dry suit.

British Dictionary definitions for trout

trout

/traʊt/

noun (pl) trout, trouts

any of various game fishes, esp Salmo trutta and related species, mostly of fresh water in northern regions: family Salmonidae (salmon). They resemble salmon but are smaller and spotted

any of various similar or related fishes, such as a sea trout

(Austral) any of various fishes of the Salmo or Oncorhynchus genera smaller than the salmon, esp European and American varieties naturalized in Australia

(Brit, informal) an irritating or grumpy person, esp a woman

Word Origin

Old English trūht, from Late Latin tructa, from Greek troktēs sharp-toothed fish

Word Origin and History for trout

Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE root *tere- (see throw). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."