crappie
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- noun
- /ˈkræpi/
- US
- Crappies are jumping into the boat.
- bass and crappie
- crappie and bluegill
- crappie fishing
Examples
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Many anglers consider crappie to be a delicious fish to catch during the spring.
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Randy fishes for crappie with an ultralight rod that is limber as a switch and will some nights pull seventy-five to a hundred out of the dark water, glittering like nickels.
Fiction book (1993) -
I caught crappie, bream, and blue cats.
Fiction book (1996) -
After work today, Adam and I headed out to Hillsdale Reservoir to try our luck with some crappie.
Blog text (22) -
I love to fish for walleye, crappie, and channel catfish.
Blog text (6) -
There is also a push for a daily creel limit of 20 crappie for Glen Elder Reservoir.
Blog text (9) -
It was a perfectly good-sized crappie.
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While Les and Skeeter Tuck fished for crappie.
Fiction book (1995) -
Randy's girlfriend is starting to gain weight, and Randy fishes less; the crappie have all but stopped biting.
Fiction book (1993) -
After a long day of fishing, we brought home several crappie for dinner.
Synonyms
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A North American freshwater fish with dark spots and a deep body
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8.4
A pale North American freshwater fish found in lakes and rivers
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9.9
A North American freshwater fish in the sunfish family called crappie
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9.9
A freshwater fish with dark spots known as the black crappie
A freshwater fish called the white crappie that people catch for sport
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crappie probably comes from a French word crapet that people in Canada used for a 'small fish'. So the English name crappie is just the old French name carried over, which is why it refers today to this small freshwater fish anglers like to catch.