to yabby
9.9
To catch small crayfish by digging or using a net in Australian creeks
- verb
- Australian
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capturar yabbies
- Every summer, the kids would yabby with their grandfather at the local dam.
Examples
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We used homemade nets to yabby in the creek behind our house.
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Locals often yabby after heavy rains when the water levels rise.
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They yabby every weekend at the river.
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Did you yabby last summer?
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Every summer, the kids would yabby with their grandfather at the local dam.
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We used homemade nets to yabby in the creek behind our house.
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Locals often yabby after heavy rains when the water levels rise.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Yabby as a verb comes from the animal name yabby and simply means 'to catch yabbies', like saying 'to fish' but for these small river crayfish. So when people say they will yabby, they mean they will dig or net these little crustaceans.
