crawfish

A noun referring to a small, freshwater or marine crustacean resembling a lobster, often boiled and eaten as food.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un petit crustacé d'eau douce ou de mer, ressemblant à un homard de petite taille, souvent cuit et consommé comme aliment.

1. Freshwater crustacean A2 formal american

   A small, freshwater crustacean that resembles a miniature lobster, often found in streams and rivers.

   • We caught several crawfish in the creek behind the house.
   • Crawfish are a popular ingredient in Cajun cuisine.
   • The children enjoyed watching the crawfish scuttle backward in the water.

   🇫🇷Écrevisse

   Synonymes: crawdadcrayfish

2. Edible seafood A2 informal american

   A small, edible crustacean that is typically boiled and eaten, especially in southern US cuisine.

   • We had a crawfish boil for the family reunion.
   • She ordered a plate of spicy crawfish at the restaurant.
   • Peeling crawfish is messy but the meat is delicious.

   🇫🇷Écrevisse comestible

   Synonymes: crawdadcrayfish

3. Spiny lobster B1 formal

   A large marine crustacean with a spiny shell, lacking the large claws of true lobsters.

   • The spiny crawfish is often caught in warm ocean waters.
   • Crawfish tails are a prized ingredient in many seafood dishes.
   • Unlike true lobsters, crawfish have long antennae and no large pincers.

   🇫🇷Langouste

   Synonymes: langousterock lobsterspiny lobster

• crawfish plural form
• crawfishes plural form
• crawfish' possessive plural form
• crawfishes' possessive plural form
• crawfish's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to back out or retreat from a position, promise, or undertaking; often used in informal or regional American English.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant reculer, se rétracter ou abandonner une position, une promesse ou un engagement ; souvent utilisé en anglais américain informel ou régional.

1. Retreat or back down B2 informal american

   To withdraw from a position, commitment, or argument, often in a way that avoids confrontation.

   • He promised to help but then crawfished at the last minute.
   • The politician crawfished on his earlier statement after public backlash.
   • She started to argue but quickly crawfished when she saw the evidence.

   🇫🇷Reculer / se défiler

   Synonymes: back downback outchicken outclimb downpull outretreat

   Antonymes: advanceconfrontmaintainpersiststand

• crawfished past participle
• crawfished past simple
• crawfishing present participle
• crawfishes third person singular

Variantes phrasal: crawfish out