bass

¹bass

noun \ˈbas\

plural bass or bass·es

Definition of BASS

: any of numerous edible marine or freshwater bony fishes (especially families Centrarchidae, Serranidae, and Percichthyidae of the order Perciformes)

Origin of BASS

Middle English base, bærs, from Old English bærs; akin to Old High German bersich perch

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Hunting and Fishing Terms

chum, covert, creel, flense, pitfall, seine, skulk, spoor, trawl

Rhymes with BASS

ass, brass, class, crass, frass, gas, glass, grass, lass, mass, pass, sass, strass, tasse, vas, wrasse