Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crawful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: craw-ful
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.

noun

Enough to fill the craw.

Example Sentences

"1. Working conditions awful. 2. Wages unlawful. 3. Moses got his crawful."
"The senator forever "working on" getting us in to see Sam—the President—while we waited and waited and waited, until, one day, a crawful, I decided to go out there and see Sam myself at the Palace ..."
"It is this view of themselves and of white women that makes the preference of a black man for a white woman quite a crawful."
"Would reckon you have had your crawful of this country by day or night.""
"Then came the battle with the rooks, who will do anything for a crawful of maize."
"She gulped down a crawful of food and stalked off, trying to devise a way to outwit her pursuers."

Etymology

From craw + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: craw

Inflected Forms

crawfuls (plural) crawsful (plural)

Questions

What does crawful mean?: As much (of something one dislikes) as one can accept.
Where does crawful come from?: From craw + -ful.

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