Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive, slang A French person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A toad.
- n. As a proper name,
Johnny Crapaud , orCrapaud , a nickname for a Frenchman. - n. large toothed frog of South and Central America (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) resembling the bullfrog.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
Examples
“At least it has a certain je ne sais quoi, n'est-ce pas, mon petit crapaud?”
“Except for a brief but pithy description of how to make secret du crapaud, a particularly vile poison made from a toad, that was taken almost entirely from primary sources, this was one of the dullest and most pedantic books I have ever read.”
“On peut tourner en partie la difficulté en prenant un autre animal dont les petits sont des tétards: le crapaud!”
“J'aimerais mieux être un crapaud et vivre des vapeurs d'un cachot que de laisser un coin de l'être que j'aime à l'usage d'autrui.”
“Comme toute bonne sorcière, Carmen possède son crapaud, Jules, et son chat noir, Grison.”
“* References: boulanger (ère) mf = baker; pantalon (m) = pants; le crapaud (m) = toad; le vêtement de nuit (m) = pajamas; Vous voulez qu'on vous livre le pain, madame?”
“Beneath each crapaud* is the phrase "Toadily Cool!”
“*References: boulanger(ère) mf = baker; pantalon (m) = pants; le crapaud (m) = toad; le vêtement de nuit (m) = pajamas; Vous voulez qu'on vous livre le pain, madame?”
“The liquid venin de crapaud, derived from the distilled body fluids of toads killed with arsenic, would bring death in a few hours.”
“Marcel had recognized two varieties of fish—the fou-fou, which was Diodon hystrix, and the crapaud de mer, or sea toad, which was Sphoeroides testudineus.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crapaud’.
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Phonestheme: CR- (or KR-)
Grateful credit to pterodactyl and http://reocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9783/phond1.html.
crook, crack, crane, cremains, cranberries, crimp, crow, crunch, crash, creak, croak, cronk and 94 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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May or May Not Be Specific, But It's ...
This list will contain all non-excremental references to poo. See its ancestor list, Specific Excrement, which has generated no small amount of conversation (heated and otherwise) since its incepti...
fernando poo, a pooping sea, poop deck, clinchpoop, pimiento load, crappie, very reverend con..., pookimo, pootalian, kickapoo, skypoo, swheat-n-poo and 72 more...
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Craaaaaaaaaaaaap!
My parting word should I fall off a cliff (Ã la Homer Simpson, Homer 3D) and, God willing, given the presence of mind necessary to form a fitting goodbye.
Also a list of words with t...crapulous, crapulence, holy crappy moley, craptastic, crapulent, craps, crappleberry, crap out, crapshoot, crapshooter, crapaud, craptacular and 13 more...
Tweets
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reesetee A critter! A crapaud critter! Oct 15, 2008
chained_bear Compare variants crapautee and crapotee. Oct 15, 2008