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crawdad

craw·dad
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kraw-dad]
    • /ˈkrɔˌdæd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kraw-dad]
    • /ˈkrɔˌdæd/

Definitions of crawdad word

  • abbreviation CRAWDAD crayfish 3
  • noun crawdad crayfish (def 1). 1
  • noun crawdad A freshwater crayfish. 1
  • noun crawdad (US, regional) The crayfish. 0

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Origin of crawdad

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
1900-05, Americanism; craw(fish) + dad (perhaps dad1); cf. doodad

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Crawdad

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crawdad popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

crawdad usage trend in Literature

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