crawfish
To fish for crawfishTo fish for crawfish.
Translations
1 languagesExamples
2 sentencesI love crawfish.
ruЯ люблю лангуста. — odexed
What are crawfish?
Meaning
2 senses(Southern US, colloquial, intransitive)To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
(intransitive)To fish for crawfish.
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
Origin
1620s, folk etymology (compare crawl) from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice1620s, folk etymology (compare crawl) from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice (“crab”) (French écrevisse), influenced by fish. Compare crayfish.
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Forms
crawfishes, crawfishing, crawfished, crawfishedregular · Lesson
| Base form | crawfish · to crawfish |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | crawfishes |
| Present participle | crawfishing |
| Past simple | crawfished |
| Past participle | crawfished |
Tenses
crawfish · crawfished · will crawfish · have crawfishedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Synonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.