crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy
(noun) small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster
crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, ecrevisse
(noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
(verb) make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; “We’ll have to crawfish out from meeting with him”; “He backed out of his earlier promise”; “The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crawfish (countable and uncountable, plural crawfishes or crawfish)
(Southern US, Midwest US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.
(South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
(Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) A slur against Anglo-Canadians used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
• (freshwater crustaceans): crawdad, crawldad, crawlfish, crayfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)
crawfish (third-person singular simple present crawfishes, present participle crawfishing, simple past and past participle crawfished)
(colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
Source: Wiktionary
Craw"fish` (kr"fsh`), Cray"fish` (kr"fsh`), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. Etym: [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. , fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any crustacean of the family Astacidæ, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
