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grassie

grassie noun: a grass carp; a white amur.

Noun

grassie (plural grassies)

  1. (recreational fishing) A grass carp; a white amur.
    • The one thing I didn’t want to do was spook ^([sic]) a grassie by hastily walking down the sidewalk.2010, Jeff Currier, “Not All Carp Species are Equal”, in JeffCurrier.com, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2014
    • my pattern is a lot less glamorous, which is also why i think the grassie took it2013 December 30, Josh Cohn, “Grass Carp / White Amur”, in Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    grasser

Proper noun capitalized: Grassie

Grassie (countable and uncountable, plural Grassies)

  1. A surname.
  2. A community in West Lincoln, Ontario, Canada.

Synonyms of grassie

Forms of grassie

Noun
pluralgrassies
alternative formgrassy
Proper noun
pluralGrassies

Origin of grassie

From grass + -ie.

Variant of Grass.

Questions about grassie

What does grassie mean?
Grassie means a grass carp; a white amur.
What part of speech is grassie?
Grassie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of grassie?
The plural of grassie is grassies.

Words near grassie in the dictionary

  1. grasshops
  2. grasshouse
  3. grasshouses
  4. Grassia
  5. Grassias
  6. grassie
  7. grassier
  8. grassies
  9. grassiest
  10. grassily
  11. grassiness

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