craw

C0729900 (krô)n.1. The crop of a bird or insect.2. The stomach of an animal.Idiom: stick in (one's) craw To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.

[Middle English crawe.]

craw

(krɔː) n1. (Zoology) a less common word for crop⁶2. (Zoology) the stomach of an animal3. stick in one's craw stick in one's throat informal to be difficult, or against one's conscience, for one to accept, utter, or believe[C14: related to Middle High German krage, Middle Dutch crāghe neck, Icelandic kragi collar]

craw

(krɔ)

n. 1. the crop of a bird or insect. 2. the stomach of an animal. Idioms: stick in one's craw, to cause considerable or abiding resentment; rankle. [1350–1400; Middle English crawe, probably akin to crag²]

Craw

Part of a fowl’s gullet.

Thesaurus

Noun

craw - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of foodcropstomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

craw

nounstick in your craw annoy, anger, outrage, offend, irritate, infuriate, incense, enrage, madden, nettle, vex, rile, pique, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo slang), get your dander up (informal), get your back up, put your back up What stuck in his craw was the implication that he was a liar.

Translations

craw

stick in (one's) throat

For something to bother one after it has happened, because it seems wrong or one cannot accept it. The way that Bob was fired has stuck in his throat all these years. If it had been handled differently, I don't think it would have affected him as much. Her comment really stuck in my throat. She was really out of line to say that.See also: stick, throat

stick in (one's) craw

To rankle or irritate one. It really sticks in my craw that he would lie and take all the credit for my idea!See also: craw, stick

have (something) stick in (one's) craw

To be a source of irritation to one. Of course he would lie and take all the credit for my idea—he wanted to have it stick in my craw!See also: craw, have, stick

have (something) stick in one's craw

Fig. to have something irritate or displease someone. I don't like to have someone's words stick in my craw. He meant to have the problem stick in my craw and upset me.See also: craw, have, stick

stick in one's craw

Also, stick in one's throat. 1. Be unable to say something, as in I meant to apologize but the words stuck in my craw. [Early 1600s] 2. Be so offensive that one can't tolerate it, as in That obscene art exhibit stuck in my throat. [Late 1600s] See also: craw, stick

stick in your craw

stick in the craw

If something sticks in your craw or sticks in the craw, you cannot accept it because it upsets you or you think it is wrong. What really sticks in my craw is the way the competition ended. There are those for whom Lapierre's appetite for self-publicity sticks in the craw.See also: craw, stick

stick in your craw

make you angry or irritated. Literally, this phrase means ‘stick in your throat’. A craw is the crop of a bird or insect; the transferred sense of the word to refer to a person's gullet, originally humorous, is now almost entirely confined to this expression. Compare with stick in your gizzard (at gizzard).See also: craw, stick

stick in your ˈthroat/ˈcraw/ˈgullet

(informal) if something sticks in your throat, it is difficult or impossible to agree with or accept: It really sticks in my throat that I get paid less than the others for doing the same job.See also: craw, gullet, stick, throat

stick in (one's) craw

To cause one to feel abiding discontent and resentment.See also: craw, stick

stick in one's craw, to

To be so offensive or disagreeable that one cannot swallow it. This expression is the modern version of stick in one’s gizzard, gullet, or crop, all referring to portions of an animal’s digestive system. Their figurative use dates from the late seventeenth century. Jonathan Swift recorded one in Polite Conversation (1738): “Don’t let that stick in your gizzard.” Dickens used still another in a letter in 1843: “Your dedication to Peel stuck in my throat.” More recently Martin Cruz Smith wrote, “Doesn’t it stick in your craw that you got absolutely nowhere in the investigation?” (Wolves Eat Dogs, 2004).See also: stick

Acronym

Definition

CRAW➣Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsin (Lake Mills, Wisconsin)

CRAW➣Constituted Ray Art Weapon (gaming)

CRAW➣Compact Rapid Attack Weapon

CRAW➣Carrier Replacement Air Wing

CRAW➣Colony Records Analysis Workshop

CRAW➣Construction Risk Assessment Workshop

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Synonyms for craw

phrase stick in your craw

Synonyms

annoy
anger
outrage
offend
irritate
infuriate
incense
enrage
madden
nettle
vex
rile
pique
nark
make your blood boil
piss you off
get your dander up
get your back up
put your back up

Synonyms for craw

noun a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food

Synonyms

crop

Related Words

stomach
tum
tummy
breadbasket