plural of blackfish

(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning. / Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).

(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.

(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).

simple past tense and past participle of blackfish

present participle of blackfish

(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.