croppie

English

Etymology 1

From crop +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑpi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɒpi/

Noun

croppie (plural croppies)

1. (informal) A crop circle enthusiast who believes in the paranormal origin of crop circles.

   Synonym: cereologist

Etymology 2

Noun

croppie (plural croppies)

1. The crappie, a food fish.
   • 1881, Forest and Stream, page 129:

     "Bexar" is correct as to the black bass, croppie and wide-mouthed perch, all of which are very abundant in Texas waters, but whether the ...

   • 1888, George Brown Goode, American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food Fishes of North America, with Especial Reference to Habits and Methods of Capture, page 72:

     "Our Croppie," the greatest pan-fish of the West, is highly esteemed by us for the table. We have seen a monster Croppie this spring, weighing over three pounds, taken at Murdock Club Lake, near St. Louis, on the Illinois  […]

   • 1891, Biennial Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries and Game for Indiana:

     [page 31:] The croppie usually has only six spines in the dorsal, while the calico bass has seven.
     [page 34:] Such a rod, while being quite light, is strong enough to lift the fish from the water, for the croppie gives very [little resistance. ...] The croppies, and especially the southern croppie or newlight, rise well to the artificial fly, and […]

Etymology 3

Noun

croppie (plural croppies)

1. Alternative form of croppy (“Irish republican rebel”)

Anagrams

• propice