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How to pronounce “crawfish”
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Pronunciation guide for crawfish
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of crawfish with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 6 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of 16 minutes
where they serve Sichuan alligator and sweet and sour crawfish.
- Definition summary
- (United States, especially Southern US, Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
Example 1 of 6
How to pronounce crawfish
Jennifer 8. Lee: Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of 16 minutes
where they serve Sichuan alligator and sweet and sour crawfish.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “crawfish”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (United States, especially Southern US, Louisiana and Texas, Midwest, Western US) Any of various freshwater crustaceans: crayfish.
- (South Africa) Any of various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.
- (Quebec, Canada, slang, derogatory) An English-Canadian. Used in some corners of Quebec (including the Gaspé).
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To fish for crawfish.
- (intransitive, colloquial, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
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