Definitions for Marlin

Marlin mar·lin

Spelling: [mahr-lin]
IPA: /ˈmɑr lɪn/

Marlin is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in Marlin (ailmnr).

Definitions for Marlin

noun

  1. any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
  2. marline.
  3. a male given name.
  4. small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.

Origin of Marlin

1915-20, Americanism; short for marlinespike

Examples for Marlin

The first leap showed the marlin to be the smallest of the day so far.

No boatman fears a marlin as he does the true broadbill swordfish.

All of which accounts for his quick conquering of a marlin swordfish.

marlin are not food fish, and they are thrown to the sharks.

Worked a marlin swordfish, but he would not notice the bait.

The dedication of State Department diplomats such as marlin Hardinger—on his fourth year in Lashkar Gah—is breathtaking.

A number of well-known sportsmen watched him take this marlin.

Very angry he was, and he reminded me of a marlin swordfish.

One more word about the mineral water industry in marlin, Texas, and I was about to scream.

But there are no more fish there, except marlin swordfish in August and September.

Word Value for Marlin
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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