fishing expedition fishing eagle • fishing float · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · fishing expedition · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 18 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information. Synonyms: fishing expedition. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 x latin small letter x U+0078