[
UK
/kɹˈæb/
]
[ US /ˈkɹæb/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹæb/ ]
NOUN
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
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a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
he caught a crab and lost the race - a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
VERB
- scurry sideways like a crab
- fish for crab
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complain
What was he hollering about? - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
How To Use crab In A Sentence
- After Colette left he cleared his throat and looked through a newspaper, his long fingers scrabbling a bit at the pages.
- Spider crabs stalked the seabed; wrasse, blennies, shannies and rockling darted over the reefs, and pollack wheeled overhead.
- Convenience is, however, in all affairs of life, an execrable test of value.
- The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
- A dried-out horseshoe crab is a delicate thing and there's no way it would survive the flight in my checked baggage. Horseshoe Crabs and the TSA
- Shrimp, crab, and a variety of fish are harvested from the ocean.
- Scrabble to its list of more commonplace activity holidays, such as painting and gardening. Times, Sunday Times
- The crab nebula is the remnant from a supernova explosion 1054. High Energy Neutrinos from Cosmos
- The 'light' canapés include a crab salad, rose veal tartare and partridge escabeche. Times, Sunday Times
- Crab apples were used, as were sloes, rose hips and rowan berries.
