Definitions

1. noun

a large, powerful game fish of the family Istiophoridae, having a long, pointed bill and a long, slender body.

“The fishermen set out to catch a marlin off the coast of Florida.”

2. proper noun

a surname, especially a rare or unusual one.

“The novelist Marlin wrote about the human condition in her latest book.”

3. verb

to turn or curve something, especially a fish, into a marlin shape.

“The fisherman tried to marlin the fish before he put it in the bucket.”