Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To fish for crawfish.

  2. (Southern US, colloquial, intransitive)To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

More definitions
  • make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I love crawfish.

    ruЯ люблю лангуста. — odexed

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  2. What are crawfish?

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

1620s, folk etymology (compare crawl) from Middle English crevis, from Old French crevice

1620s, 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, crawfished
Base formcrawfish · to crawfish
3rd person singularcrawfishes
Present participlecrawfishing
Past simplecrawfished
Past participlecrawfished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycrawfish
he, she, itcrawfishes

Past simpleLesson

all personscrawfished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crawfished
he, she, ithas crawfished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill crawfish

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
craterB2craveC1cravingC1crawlB2crayfish
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