brills

North Sea catches

Brills is the plural of brill, a European flatfish similar to turbot but smaller, prized as a food fish.

In British slang, brill is a clipped form of brilliant meaning excellent or wonderful: That party was brills!

The slang usage is casual and somewhat dated, associated with 1980s youth speech.

fish

flatfish

Asymmetrical seafloor swimmer

turbotLarge European food flatfish
soleFoot's bottom surface
flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood

plaice · whitefish · trawl · filleting · North Sea · bottom-dweller · sandy · halibut · Dover sole · seafood

slang

brilliant

Intensely bright or gifted

excellentOf superior quality
awesomeExtremely impressive or overwhelming
fantasticRemarkably good or unreal

great · cool · amazing · superb · wicked · ace · fab · terrific · smashing · top-notch

Opposites

fish body shape

Swift, oily ocean fish

tuna · salmon · cod · herring · bass

fish value/prestige

brillsturbot

Large European food flatfish

Dover sole · halibut

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G