minnow

noun

min·now | \ˈmi-(ˌ)nō

plural minnows also minnow

Definition of minnow

1a : a small cyprinid, killifish, or topminnow

b : any of various small fish that are less than a designated size and are not game fish

2 : a live or artificial minnow used as bait

Examples of minnow in a Sentence

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Until very recently, Western Europe looked a lot like the United States, with Samsung commanding more than a third of the market, Apple in a close second spot, and minnows picking up the scraps. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "Despite being shunned in America, Huawei is flourishing in Europe," 22 Aug. 2018 These minnows enrich larger predatory outfitters selling kits and infrastructure. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "How to win (or at least not lose) the war on phishing? Enlist machine learning," 7 Aug. 2018 Striper fishing is very good in the Colusa area, with jumbo minnows working best, along with swimbaits. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Sacramento River sees plenty of stripers and shad | The Sacramento Bee," 30 Apr. 2018 Drift with minnows or slow-troll jigs in Lake Yale. — Mark Blythe, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Fishing forecast: Feb. 17, 2018," 16 Feb. 2018 Mahrez has been one of the star players in English football since leaving French minnows AC Le Havre in 2014. — SI.com, "Man City Reach Agreement in Principle With Leicester Talisman But Talks Stall Over Transfer Fee," 19 June 2018 Compared with China, where many companies have a market value greater than North Korea’s total gross domestic product, North Korea is a minnow swimming next to a whale. — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, "Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Low-Stakes Summit," 23 Apr. 2018 South Korea made an unexpected run to the semifinals as a co-host in 2002, and that noted minnow the United States reached its first round of 16 in 60 years in 1994. — Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, "World Cup final will include one of these teams: England, Croatia, Sweden, Russia. Really.," 4 July 2018 Over the past two decades its chief executive, Michael O’Leary, turned the Irish minnow into Europe’s biggest carrier by copying the low-cost model of Southwest, an American budget airline. — The Economist, "A Hungarian startup could beat Ryanair at its own low-cost game," 31 May 2018

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