crappie

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/ˈkɹɒpi//ˈkɹæpi/

noun

A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.

OriginFrench crapet →
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Meanings

nouncrappie (plural crappies or crappie)

plural crappies · alternative croppie

  1. A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish.

    If it's crappies you like, they're biting in 45-degree water.

    2008 December 18, Gene Mueller, “More and more stripers making their way up Bay”, in Washington Times

Origin

  1. Frenchcrapet
  2. Frenchcrapet
  3. Englishcrappie

Borrowed from French crapet (“sunfish”).

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APA

crappie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crappie

MLA

“crappie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crappie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crappie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crappie.

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