crappie
noun
either of two small sunfishes of central U.S. rivers, Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie, or strawberry bass or P. annularis white crappie.
crappies
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pluralof crappie.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Minnesota native has fond memories of yesteryear, when his family ventured out to drill holes in the ice and tug crappies up from underneath.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
Recently six men sieving it for an hour with a 100-foot net came up with only two dozen four-inch creatures that elsewhere would be called crappies and catfish.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2018
“There was never anything really comparable. The only thing I’ve found that could really get the crappies like that was live minnows.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2014
Topics: crunchies, crappies, San Francisco, tech industry, Silicon Valley, , , Protesters with signs gather at the entrance to Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco, California November 7, 2013.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2014
This morning the crappies were best in close to shore and we caught seven or eight good ones by hanging right on the edge of the lily pads and casting out to the deeper side.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
