Crawfish Common

Crawfish has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

crayfish crawfish crawdad ecrevisse

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

crayfish crawfish crawdad crawdaddy

large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

spiny lobster langouste rock lobster crawfish crayfish sea crawfish

Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish.

Verb

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"

"He backed out of his earlier promise"

"The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

retreat pull back back out back away crawfish crawfish out pull in one's horns withdraw

To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).

Example Sentences

"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him" verb

"He backed out of his earlier promise" verb

"The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" verb